PT-2007-1503 · Red Hat · Red Hat

Published 2007-02-27 · Updated 2017-10-11 · CVE-2007-0001

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.7

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel version 2.6.9

Description The issue is related to the file watch implementation in the audit subsystem, specifically when using the auditctl -w command. It allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a kernel panic, by replacing a watched file. This replacement does not cause the watch on the old inode to be dropped, leading to the denial of service.

Recommendations For Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel version 2.6.9, consider disabling the file watch implementation in the audit subsystem as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the auditctl command to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-0001

RHSA-2007:0085

RHSA-2007_0085

Affected Products

Red Hat

References · 17

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/29683 · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04884 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04887 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04885 · Security Note
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0085.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0001 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04886 · Security Note
• http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=223129 · Patch
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04883 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24300 · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/33031 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017705 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-0006 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/22737 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9560 · Note