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CVE-2007-4573

Date: September 24, 2007

The IA32 system call emulation functionality in Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x before 2.6.22.7, when running on the x86_64 architecture, does not zero extend the eax register after the 32bit entry path to ptrace is used, which might allow local users to gain privileges by triggering an out-of-bounds access to the system call table using the %RAX register.

Severity Score

8.1

Related Resources (43)

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480451/100/0/threaded

Url: http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-229.shtml

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3246

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0938.html

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.7

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1381

Url: http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119062587407908&w=2

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27912

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2007-4573

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9735

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27212

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0937.html

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:195

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29058

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00355.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-518-1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-12/msg00001.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25774

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0936.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/480705/100/0/threaded

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:008

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1378

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/26919

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:105

Url: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1754

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4573

Url: http://securitytracker.com/id?1018748

Url: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.35.3

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/26978

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/26934

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/26955

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4573

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/26917

Url: http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/26953

Url: http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/21/513

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27227

Url: http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/21/512

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/26995

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/26994

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2007-4573

Severity Score

8.1

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.1
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.6
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2007-4573

Date: September 24, 2007

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