CVE-2007-0771

medium

Description

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.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9447

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34128

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=228816

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=227952

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23720

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0169.html

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017979

http://secunia.com/advisories/25080

http://osvdb.org/35927

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-05-02

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H