CVE-2007-5500 (GCVE-0-2007-5500)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-11-20 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:31
VLAI?
Summary
The wait_task_stopped function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.8 checks a TASK_TRACED bit instead of an exit_state value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (machine crash) via unspecified vectors. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://secunia.com/advisories/30962 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/27922 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/27703 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://secunia.com/advisories/27919 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/28706 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1428 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://secunia.com/advisories/28033 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/27664 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26477 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
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http://secunia.com/advisories/29245 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1965 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-558-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3902 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/28748 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/Chang… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/28971 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://secunia.com/advisories/28170 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-578-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://secunia.com/advisories/27888 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0055.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/30818 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.