CVE-2007-5494 (GCVE-0-2007-5494)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-11-30 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:31
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Memory leak in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of open requests involving O_ATOMICLOOKUP.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| http://secunia.com/advisories/28162 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-11… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| http://osvdb.org/44153 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/27824 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=315051 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019017 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-09… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26657 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Date Public
2007-11-29 00:00
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