2.1
LOW
CVE-2007-2875
Linux Kernel cpuset tasks_read Integer Underflow Local Information Leak
Description

Integer underflow in the cpuset_tasks_read function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.20.13, and 2.6.21.x before 2.6.21.4, when the cpuset filesystem is mounted, allows local users to obtain kernel memory contents by using a large offset when reading the /dev/cpuset/tasks file.

INFO

Published Date :

June 11, 2007, 10:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:31 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-2875 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2007-2875.

URL Resource
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.13 Vendor Advisory
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21.4 Vendor Advisory
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=541 Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/37113 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/26133 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26139 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26620 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26647 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26760 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27227 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1363 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:171 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196 Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0705.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24389 Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018211 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-486-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2105 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34779 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9251 Third Party Advisory
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.13 Vendor Advisory
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21.4 Vendor Advisory
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=541 Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/37113 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/26133 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26139 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26620 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26647 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26760 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27227 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1363 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:171 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196 Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0705.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24389 Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018211 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-486-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2105 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34779 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9251 Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2007-2875 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.13
    Added Reference http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21.4
    Added Reference http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=541
    Added Reference http://osvdb.org/37113
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26133
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26139
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26620
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26647
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26760
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27227
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1363
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:171
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196
    Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0705.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24389
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018211
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-486-1
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2105
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34779
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9251
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 19, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-486-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-486-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24389 Patch http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24389 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018211 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018211 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9251 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9251 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1363 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1363 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://osvdb.org/37113 No Types Assigned http://osvdb.org/37113 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21.4 No Types Assigned http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21.4 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/26647 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/26647 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2105 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2105 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/26133 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/26133 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/26760 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/26760 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html No Types Assigned http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.13 No Types Assigned http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.13 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=541 No Types Assigned http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=541 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/26139 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/26139 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/27227 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/27227 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:171 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:171 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0705.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0705.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34779 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34779 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/26620 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/26620 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.20.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.20.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.20.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.20.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.20.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.20.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.20.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.20.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.20.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.20.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.6.20.12 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.21.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.21.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.6.21.3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.6.20.13 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.6.21 up to (excluding) 2.6.21.4
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9251 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9251 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/34779 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34779 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 12, 2007

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-2875 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2007-2875 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.13 }} 0.07%

score

0.48632

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability