Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Kernel Patch resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Kernel Patch. Executing a manipulation can lead to resource management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2007-5494. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 (Operating System). This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component Kernel Patch. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Memory leak in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of open requests involving O_ATOMICLOOKUP.

The bug was discovered 11/29/2007. The weakness was presented 11/29/2007 as Bug 315051 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-5494 since 10/17/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 29751 (CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2007:1104)), 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 155990 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Kernel (ELSA-2007-0993)).

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 (38823), Tenable (29751), SecurityFocus (BID 26657†), OSVDB (44153†) and Secunia (SA27824†). See VDB-3449 and VDB-38951 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: 29751
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2007:1104)
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OpenVAS ID: 880327
OpenVAS Name: Centreon command_name Parameter Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: Bug 315051
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-5494 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5494
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-39898

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X-Force: 38823
SecurityFocus: 26657 - Red Hat Content Accelerator Memory Leak Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 27824 - Red Hat update for kernel, Less Critical
OSVDB: 44153 - Red Hat Content Accelerator Patch for Linux Kernel O_ATOMICLOOKUP Request Saturation Local DoS
SecurityTracker: 1019017
Vulnerability Center: 16975 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Content Accelerator Kernel Patch Allows Local Users to Cause DoS, Low

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Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/01/2019 07:01
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (88), 08/01/2019 07:01 (2)
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