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CVE-2007-3848 Detail

Description

Linux kernel 2.4.35 and other versions allows local users to send arbitrary signals to a child process that is running at higher privileges by causing a setuid-root parent process to die, which delivers an attacker-controlled parent process death signal (PR_SET_PDEATHSIG).


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-3848 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00007.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=118711306802632&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=openwall-announce&m=118710356812637&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/26450 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/26500 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/26643 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/26651 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/26664 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/27212 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/27227 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/27322 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/27436 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/27747 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/27913 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/28806 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/29058 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/29570 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/33280 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-474.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1356 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.4 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:195 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0939.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0940.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1049.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476464/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476538/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476677/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476803/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25387 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-508-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-509-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1648 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10120 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-3848
NVD Published Date:
08/14/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.