CVE-2007-3848 Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,2.4.35.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005909
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed14 Aug 2007
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 Aug 2007

CVE-2007-3848  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 2.4.35.1 or higher.

Overview

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).

CVSS Base Scores

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