Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2007-3104
The sysfs_readdir function in the Linux kernel 2.6, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4.5 and other distributions, allows users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) by dereferencing a null pointer to an inode in a dentry.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (34.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 34.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel — versions 2.6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 4.5
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/26643 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/28643 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11233 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/26651 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/26289 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/25838 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-509-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/24631 (vdb-entry)