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CVE-2007-3848

Published: Aug 14, 2007 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
1.9 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3848
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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).

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux_kernelLinux*2.4.35 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1RedHatkernel-0:2.4.18-e.67*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1RedHatkernel-0:2.4.9-e.74*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatkernel-0:2.4.21-53.EL*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatkernel-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatkernel-0:2.6.18-8.1.15.el5*
Linux-source-2.6.15Ubuntudapper*
Linux-source-2.6.17Ubuntuedgy*
Linux-source-2.6.20Ubuntufeisty*
Linux-source-2.6.22Ubuntudevel*

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