Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-3739. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 (Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

mm/mmap.c in the hugetlb kernel, when run on PowerPC systems, does not prevent stack expansion from entering into reserved kernel page memory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 09/13/2007. The weakness was presented 09/13/2007 as Bug 253313 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-3739 since 07/12/2007. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 43648 (CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2007:0705)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155181 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Kernel Security and Bug Fix Update (ELSA-2007-1049)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (36592), Tenable (43648), SecurityFocus (BID 24376†), OSVDB (37285†) and Secunia (SA26760†). See VDB-3228, VDB-34369, VDB-36314 and VDB-38283 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 43648
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2007:0705)
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OpenVAS ID: 58636
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1378-1 (linux-2.6)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: Bug 253313
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-3739 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3739
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38778

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X-Force: 36592
SecurityFocus: 24376
Secunia: 26760
OSVDB: 37285 - CVE-2007-3739 - Red Hat - Enterprise Linux - Denial-of-service Issue
Vulnerability Center: 16095 - Hugetlb Kernel on PowerPC Systems Allows Local DoS, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 07/26/2019 06:33
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (73), 07/26/2019 06:33 (6)
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