4.9
MEDIUM
CVE-2007-5494
Red Hat Content Accelerator Kernel Patch Atomiclookup Memory Leak Denial of Service
Description

Memory leak in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of open requests involving O_ATOMICLOOKUP.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 30, 2007, 2:46 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:38 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

6.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-5494 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 Redhat enterprise_linux

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2007-5494 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2007-5494 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

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

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://osvdb.org/44153
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27824
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28162
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0993.html
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1104.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26657
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019017
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=315051
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38823
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10884
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10884 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10884 [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/38823 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38823 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 01, 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-2007-5494 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-2007-5494 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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