Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2007-0772
Published: February 20, 2007 / Updated: July 29, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95750
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-2007-0772
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 Linux kernel 2.6.13 and other versions before 2.6.20.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (oops) via a crafted NFSACL 2 ACCESS request that triggers a free of an incorrect pointer.
How to mitigate CVE-2007-0772
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2739
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2740
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.1
- http://osvdb.org/33022
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24201
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24215
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24400
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24482
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24547
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24752
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24777
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25691
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:060
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:078
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_kernel.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_21_kernel.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22625
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-451-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0660
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32578
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1063