Red Hat Enterprise Linux prior As 3 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-5001. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Linux kernel before 2.4.21 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via asynchronous input or output on a FIFO special file.

The bug was discovered 05/07/2008. The weakness was shared 10/10/2007 with Red Hat as Bug 326251 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-5001 since 09/20/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 32139 (CentOS 3 : kernel (CESA-2008:0211)), 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 117304 (CentOS Security Update for Kernel (CESA-2008:0211)).

Upgrading to version As 3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 8 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42273), Tenable (32139), SecurityFocus (BID 29083†), OSVDB (44987†) and Secunia (SA30110†). The entries VDB-40904 and VDB-41534 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 32139
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 : kernel (CESA-2008:0211)
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OpenVAS ID: 880060
OpenVAS Name: Centreon command_name Parameter Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Enterprise Linux As 3

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: Bug 326251
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-5001 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5001
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42269

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X-Force: 42273
SecurityFocus: 29083 - Linux Kernel Asynchronous FIFO IO Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 30110
OSVDB: 44987 - Linux Kernel FIFO Special File Asynchronous Input / Output Local DoS
Vulnerability Center: 18360 - Linux Kernel Vulnerability Allows Local Users to Cause a Denial of Service, Low
Vupen: ADV-2008-2222

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/10/2019 09:40
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (80), 08/10/2019 09:40 (6)
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