CVE-2007-0958 Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [0,RHSA-2007-0488)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005988
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed15 Feb 2007
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Feb 2007

CVE-2007-0958  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version RHSA-2007-0488 or higher.

Overview

Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.20 allows local users to read unreadable binaries by using the interpreter (PT_INTERP) functionality and triggering a core dump, a variant of CVE-2004-1073.

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CVSS Base Scores

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