CVE-2007-0997

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 None
Description
Race condition in the tee (sys_tee) system call in the Linux kernel 2.6.17 through 2.6.17.6 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (system crash), obtain sensitive information (kernel memory contents), or gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to a potentially dropped ipipe lock during a race between two pipe readers.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2007-0997
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2007-09-18T19:17:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2008-09-05T21:19:22
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-362 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/362.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 6.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/7/17/140
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.18
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0997
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0997
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 11:24:22 Added to TrackCVE