Access Restriction Bypass Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,2.4.35.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004847
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed26 Sept 2007
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Sep 2007

CVE-2007-5087  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 2.4.35.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. The ATM module in the Linux kernel before 2.4.35.3, when CLIP support is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by reading /proc/net/atm/arp before the CLIP module has been loaded.

CVSS Base Scores

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