CVE-2007-0001

The file watch implementation in the audit subsystem (auditctl -w) in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 kernel 2.6.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by replacing a watched file, which does not cause the watch on the old inode to be dropped.

CVSS v2.0 4.7 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=223129	Patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0085.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24300	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22737
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017705
http://osvdb.org/33031
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9560

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:linux_kernel_2.6.9:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2007-03-02 13:18

Updated : 2017-10-10 18:31

NVD link : CVE-2007-0001

Mitre link : CVE-2007-0001

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux

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