VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2007-5494
Memory leak in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of open requests involving O_ATOMICLOOKUP.
MEDIUM 4.9EPSS 0.39%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Memory leak in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of open requests involving O_ATOMICLOOKUP.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 33th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- redhat/enterprise linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://osvdb.org/44153
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27824Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28162Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0993.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1104.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26657
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019017
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=315051
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38823
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10884
- http://osvdb.org/44153
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27824Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28162Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0993.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1104.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26657
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019017
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=315051
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38823
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10884
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.