NVD

CVE-2007-2875 Detail

Modified

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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.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 2.1 LOW

Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-189	Numeric Errors	NIST

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Change History

6 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 7:31:52 PM

Action	Type	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

Modified Analysis by NIST 10/19/2018 3:03:32 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 1045 characters. View Entire Change Record 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:	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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06::::lts:::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:::::::
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:::::::
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://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://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://osvdb.org/37113 No Types Assigned	http://osvdb.org/37113 Broken Link
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/26139 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/26139 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/26620 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/26620 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/26647 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/26647 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://secunia.com/advisories/27227 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/27227 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://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.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://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://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	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-486-1 No Types Assigned	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-486-1 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	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	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	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	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

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-2875
NVD Published Date:
06/11/2007
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.

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CVE-2007-2875 Detail

Description

Metrics

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 7:31:52 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/13/2024 9:45:36 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 10/19/2018 3:03:32 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 10/10/2017 9:32:26 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 7/28/2017 9:31:48 PM

Initial CVE Analysis 6/12/2007 9:24:00 AM

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