Vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
CVE-2007-5001
Linux kernel before 2.4.21 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via asynchronous input or output on a FIFO special file.
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 (29.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 29.1% 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
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions as_3, es_3, ws_3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 3.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- secunia.com/advisories/30110 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2222/references (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/29083 (vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/44987 (vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0211.html (vendor-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42273 (vdb-entry)
- lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.html (mailing-list)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11329 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/31246 (third-party-advisory)