4.7
CVSSv2

CVE-2007-3739

Published: 14/09/2007 Updated: 29/09/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.7 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.4
VMScore: 418
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

mm/mmap.c in the hugetlb kernel, when run on PowerPC systems, does not prevent stack expansion from entering into reserved kernel page memory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via unspecified vectors.

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Evan Teran discovered that the Linux kernel ptrace routines did not correctly handle certain requests robustly Local attackers could exploit this to crash the system, causing a denial of service (CVE-2007-3731) ...
Several local and remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2007-3731 Evan Teran discovered a potential local denial of service (oops) in the handling of PTRA ...