Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-4574. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 (Operating System). This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the "stack unwinder fixes" in kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, when running on AMD64 and Intel 64, allows local users to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors.

The bug was discovered 09/20/2007. The weakness was presented 10/22/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared at redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-4574 since 08/28/2007. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 33 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 43654 (CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2007:0940)), 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 156026 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Kernel (ELSA-2007-0940)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 6 hours after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (37402), Tenable (43654), SecurityFocus (BID 26158†), OSVDB (45489†) and Secunia (SA27322†). See VDB-3335, VDB-37923, VDB-37590 and VDB-39392 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 43654
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2007:0940)
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OpenVAS ID: 80056
OpenVAS Name: Oracle Linux Local Check: ELSA-2007-0940
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Recommended: Upgrade
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08/28/2007 🔍
09/20/2007 +23 days 🔍
10/22/2007 +32 days 🔍
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05/22/2008 +205 days 🔍
01/06/2010 +593 days 🔍
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07/29/2019 +1596 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: redhat.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-4574 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4574
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-39393

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X-Force: 37402
SecurityFocus: 26158 - Red Hat Linux Kernel Stack Unwinder Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 27322
OSVDB: 45489 - Linux Kernel on Red Hat Enterprise Stack Unwinder Fixed Unspecified Local DoS
SecurityTracker: 1018844
Vulnerability Center: 16698 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Stack Unwinder Local Denial of Service, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 07/29/2019 14:17
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (78), 07/29/2019 14:17 (7)
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Cache ID: 216:AAE:103

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