CVE-2007-5494

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 2
Modified
Published: 30 Nov 2007, 02:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 15:31

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
20/100
CVSS Score
4.9 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.09% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

30 Nov 2007, 02:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 15:31
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Memory leak in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of open requests involving O_ATOMICLOOKUP.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.09%• Percentile: 26%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-399•Resource Management Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.

Affected Systems

  • redhat•enterprise_linux

    4.0 | 5.0

References (10)