CVE-2007-3848

LOW

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).

References

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-3848

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00007.html

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=118711306802632&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=openwall-announce&m=118710356812637&w=2

http://secunia.com/advisories/26450

http://secunia.com/advisories/26500

http://secunia.com/advisories/26643

http://secunia.com/advisories/26651

http://secunia.com/advisories/26664

http://secunia.com/advisories/27212

http://secunia.com/advisories/27227

http://secunia.com/advisories/27322

http://secunia.com/advisories/27436

http://secunia.com/advisories/27747

http://secunia.com/advisories/27913

http://secunia.com/advisories/28806

http://secunia.com/advisories/29058

http://secunia.com/advisories/29570

http://secunia.com/advisories/33280

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-474.htm

http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1356

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.4

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:195

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0939.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0940.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1049.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476464/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476538/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476677/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476803/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25387

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-508-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-509-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1648

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10120

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2007-08-14

Updated: 2018-10-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 1.9

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

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 3.4

Severity: LOW

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 2.4.35 (inclusive)

Tenable Plugins

View all (27 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
67609Oracle Linux 3 : kernel (ELSA-2007-1049)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
medium
67581Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2007-0940)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
medium
67580Oracle Linux 4 : kernel (ELSA-2007-0939)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
medium
60321Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL3.x i386/x86_64NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
medium
60280Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL4.x i386/x86_64NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
medium
60272Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
medium
59123SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 4186)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
43654CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2007:0940)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
medium
37953CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2007:0939)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
medium
35323RHEL 2.1 : kernel (RHSA-2009:0001)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
high
31148Debian DSA-1504-1 : kernel-source-2.6.8 - several vulnerabilitiesNessusDebian Local Security Checks
high
31147Debian DSA-1503-1 : kernel-source-2.4.27 - several vulnerabilitiesNessusDebian Local Security Checks
high
30142openSUSE 10 Security Update : kernel (kernel-4929)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
29487SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 4185)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
29203RHEL 3 : kernel (RHSA-2007:1049)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
medium
29190CentOS 3 : kernel (CESA-2007:1049)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
medium
28114Ubuntu 7.04 : linux-source-2.6.20 vulnerabilities (USN-510-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
28113Ubuntu 6.10 : linux-source-2.6.17 vulnerabilities (USN-509-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
28112Ubuntu 6.06 LTS : linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerabilities (USN-508-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
27734Fedora 7 : kernel-2.6.22.4-65.fc7 (2007-1785)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
low
27616RHEL 4 : kernel (RHSA-2007:0939)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
medium
27565RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2007:0940)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
medium
27561Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2007:195)NessusMandriva Local Security Checks
high
25909Debian DSA-1356-1 : linux-2.6 - several vulnerabilitiesNessusDebian Local Security Checks
high
801441CentOS RHSA-2007-1049 Security CheckLog Correlation EngineGeneric
high
801440CentOS RHSA-2007-0940 Security CheckLog Correlation EngineGeneric
high
801439CentOS RHSA-2007-0939 Security CheckLog Correlation EngineGeneric
high