fkie_cve-2007-3721
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2007-07-12 16:30
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
The ULE process scheduler in the FreeBSD kernel gives preference to "interactive" processes that perform voluntary sleeps, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), as described in "Secretly Monopolizing the CPU Without Superuser Privileges."
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/39598
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~dants/papers/Cheat07Security.pdf
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/39598
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~dants/papers/Cheat07Security.pdf
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
freebsd freebsd *


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    {
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        {
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              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "D9EC02F3-3905-460D-8949-3B26394215CA",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
          "negate": false,
          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "The ULE process scheduler in the FreeBSD kernel gives preference to \"interactive\" processes that perform voluntary sleeps, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), as described in \"Secretly Monopolizing the CPU Without Superuser Privileges.\""
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "El programador de procesos ULE en el n\u00facleo de FreeBSD le da preferencia a procesos \"interactivos\" que realizan esperas voluntarias (sleeps), lo cual permite a usuarios locales provocar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (agotamiento de CPU), como se ha descrito en \"Monopolizando Secretamente la CPU sin Privilegios de Superusuario\" (Secretly Monopolizing the CPU Without Superuser Privileges)."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2007-3721",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV2": [
      {
        "acInsufInfo": false,
        "baseSeverity": "LOW",
        "cvssData": {
          "accessComplexity": "LOW",
          "accessVector": "LOCAL",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "baseScore": 2.1,
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
          "version": "2.0"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 3.9,
        "impactScore": 2.9,
        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
        "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
        "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
        "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
        "type": "Primary",
        "userInteractionRequired": false
      }
    ]
  },
  "published": "2007-07-12T16:30:00.000",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "http://osvdb.org/39598"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~dants/papers/Cheat07Security.pdf"
    },
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      "url": "http://osvdb.org/39598"
    },
    {
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      "url": "http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~dants/papers/Cheat07Security.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"
        }
      ],
      "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
      "type": "Primary"
    }
  ]
}


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