Resource exhaustion in Linux kernel - CVE-2007-3513
Published: July 3, 2007 / Updated: September 29, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU94774
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-3513
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The lcd_write function in drivers/usb/misc/usblcd.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22-rc7 does not limit the amount of memory used by a caller, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).
How to mitigate CVE-2007-3513
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://osvdb.org/37116
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25895
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26139
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26450
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26643
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26664
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27212
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27227
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27322
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1356
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.22-rc7
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:195
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_51_kernel.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0940.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24734
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-509-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2403
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35302
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9883