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CVE-2001-0907

medium

Description

Linux kernel 2.2.1 through 2.2.19, and 2.4.1 through 2.4.10, allows local users to cause a denial of service via a series of deeply nested symlinks, which causes the kernel to spend extra time when trying to access the link.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3444

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-1650.html

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100350685431610&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100343090106914&w=2

http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2001:079

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2001-0890

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_036_kernel_txt.html

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-082.php3

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7312.php

http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-035-01

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-10-18

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00789