Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2007-3107
The signal handling in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22, including 2.6.2, when running on PowerPC systems using HTX, allows local users to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors involving floating point corruption and concurrency, related to clearing of MSR bits.
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: 0.004 (30.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 30.8% 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, 2.6.1, 2.6.2
References
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0595.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/25955 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/27227 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/26664 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_51_kernel.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html (vendor-advisory)
- osvdb.org/37118 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9936 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/28706 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi