Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2001-0907
Linux kernel 2.2.1 through 2.2.19, and 2.4.1 through 2.4.10, allows local users to cause a denial of service via a series of deeply nested symlinks, which causes the kernel to spend extra time when trying to access the link.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (54.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 54.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
References
- download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-035-01 (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-1650.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_036_kernel_txt.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-082.php3 (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/3444 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/7312.php (vdb-entry, Broken Link)