Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2007-6694
Published: January 29, 2008 / Updated: October 3, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95210
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-6694
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The chrp_show_cpuinfo function (chrp/setup.c) in Linux kernel 2.4.21 through 2.6.18-53, when running on PowerPC, might allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors that cause the of_get_property function to fail, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
How to mitigate CVE-2007-6694
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=119576191029571&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0055.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28696
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28748
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29058
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29236
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30018
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30515
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30769
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1565
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0154.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27555
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0380
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396751
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11215
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/614-1/