Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2007-5966 First vendor Publication 2007-12-19
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Integer overflow in the hrtimer_start function in kernel/hrtimer.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (panic) via a large relative timeout value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5966

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10774
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10774
Title: Integer overflow in the hrtimer_start function in kernel/hrtimer.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (panic) via a large relative timeout value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Description: Integer overflow in the hrtimer_start function in kernel/hrtimer.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (panic) via a large relative timeout value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2007-5966
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
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Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8125
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8125
Title: VMware kernel integer overflow vulnerability in hrtimer_start function
Description: Integer overflow in the hrtimer_start function in kernel/hrtimer.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (panic) via a large relative timeout value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2007-5966
 Version: 4
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 4.0
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Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 11

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2009:1193 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1193_kernel_centos5_i386.nasl
2009-08-17 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1193
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1193.nasl
2009-08-17 Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:1193 (kernel)
File : nvt/ovcesa2009_1193.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for kernel MDVSA-2008:112 (kernel)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_112.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux-source-2.6.17/20/22 vulnerabilities USN-574-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_574_1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1436-1 (linux-2.6)
File : nvt/deb_1436_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
40248 Linux Kernel hrtimer.c hrtimer_start Function Local Overflow

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2016-03-03 Name : The remote host is missing a security-related patch.
File : vmware_VMSA-2009-0016_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-11-26 Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2009-0017.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1193.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0079.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0148.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20090808_kernel_for_SL_5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-05-17 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_kernel-4938.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-06 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-1193.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-11-23 Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing one or more security-related pat...
File : vmware_VMSA-2009-0016.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-08-05 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1193.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-112.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-11 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_kernel-4935.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-11 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_kernel-4970.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-05 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-574-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-01 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_kernel-4943.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-01 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_kernel-4941.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-01 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_kernel-4929.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-24 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1436.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.10
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28088
http://secunia.com/advisories/28105
http://secunia.com/advisories/28141
http://secunia.com/advisories/28706
http://secunia.com/advisories/28806
http://secunia.com/advisories/31628
http://secunia.com/advisories/36131
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1436
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:112
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1193.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485282/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26880
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4225
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2038
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
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