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CVE-2007-5500

Date: November 19, 2007

The wait_task_stopped function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.8 checks a TASK_TRACED bit instead of an exit_state value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (machine crash) via unspecified vectors. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Severity Score

6.2

Related Resources (38)

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28033

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0055.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28170

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1428

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26477

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.23.y.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=36ef66c5d137b9a31fd8c35d236fb9e26ef74f97

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27919

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00032.html

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:112

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.8

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30818

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00002.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28748

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28706

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38547

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00302.html

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00170.html

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

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-578-1

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30962

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2007-5500

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-558-1

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:044

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27703

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27922

Url: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1965

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9868

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5500

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3902

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27664

Url: http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_63_kernel.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29245

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27888

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28971

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2007-5500

Severity Score

6.2

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.2
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2007-5500

Date: November 19, 2007

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