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CVE-2007-0001 Detail

Description

The file watch implementation in the audit subsystem (auditctl -w) in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 kernel 2.6.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by replacing a watched file, which does not cause the watch on the old inode to be dropped.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  03/02/2007

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.7 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.9
Exploitability Subscore: 3.4

Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

Evaluator Impact

Successful exploitation requires that the attacker previously created a watch for a file.

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Hyperlink Resource
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=223129 Patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0085.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22737
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017705
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9560

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9560
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9560

Technical Details

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-0001
NVD Published Date:
03/02/2007
NVD Last Modified:
10/10/2017