CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-3719

Published: Jul 12, 2007 | Modified: Nov 15, 2008
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW

The process scheduler in the Linux kernel 2.6.16 gives preference to interactive processes that perform voluntary sleeps, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), as described in Secretly Monopolizing the CPU Without Superuser Privileges.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16 (including) 2.6.16 (including)
Linux Ubuntu devel *
Linux-source-2.6.15 Ubuntu dapper *
Linux-source-2.6.17 Ubuntu edgy *
Linux-source-2.6.20 Ubuntu feisty *
Linux-source-2.6.22 Ubuntu gutsy *

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