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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-5966

Original release date:12/20/2007

Last revised:08/12/2009

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Integer overflow in the hrtimer_start function in kernel/hrtimer.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (panic) via a large relative timeout value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:7.2 (HIGH) (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 10.0

Exploitability Subscore: 3.9

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Locally exploitable

Access Complexity: Low

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (08/05/2009): This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 4. It was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1193.html, and https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html respectively.

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External Source: BID

Name: 26880

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26880

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2009:1193

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1193.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0585

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:112