Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2007-0771
Published: May 3, 2007 / Updated: October 11, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95258
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-2007-0771
CWE-ID: CWE-399
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 utrace support in Linux kernel 2.6.18, and other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) related to 'MT exec + utrace_attach spin failure mode,' as demonstrated by ptrace-thrash.c.
How to mitigate CVE-2007-0771
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://osvdb.org/35927
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25080
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017979
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0169.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23720
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=227952
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=228816
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34128
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9447