CVE-2007-0822
umount, when running with the Linux 2.6.15 kernel on Slackware Linux 10.2, allows local users to trigger a NULL dereference and application crash by invoking the program with a pathname for a USB pen drive that was mounted and then physically removed,…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
umount, when running with the Linux 2.6.15 kernel on Slackware Linux 10.2, allows local users to trigger a NULL dereference and application crash by invoking the program with a pathname for a USB pen drive that was mounted and then physically removed, which might allow the users to obtain sensitive information, including core file contents.
- CVSS 2.0
- 1.9 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.42% probability · 36th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-02/0012.html
- http://gotfault.wordpress.com/2007/01/18/umount-bug/Exploit
- http://osvdb.org/33652
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:053
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22850
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017729
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-02/0012.html
- http://gotfault.wordpress.com/2007/01/18/umount-bug/Exploit
- http://osvdb.org/33652
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:053
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22850
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017729
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.