CVE-2007-5494

Description

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.

Category

4.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.04%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/28162 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1104.html vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/44153 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/27824 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=315051
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019017 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10884 vdb entry signature
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0993.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26657 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38823 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-5494?
CVE-2007-5494 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-5494?
To fix CVE-2007-5494, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-5494 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2007-5494 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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