01 Record
CVE-2001-0907
Linux kernel 2.2.1 through 2.2.19, and 2.4.1 through 2.4.10, allows local users to cause a denial of service via a series of deeply nested symlinks, which causes the kernel to spend extra time when
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Linux kernel 2.2.1 through 2.2.19, and 2.4.1 through 2.4.10, allows local users to cause a denial of service via a series of deeply nested symlinks, which causes the kernel to spend extra time when
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.78% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 55.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-09-01 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 04:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-01-31
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e3ca7b62f9be9f0e39c379d5caa1c95b836bb139907221999c9ba3b14d082bd2
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- ftp.caldera.comCSSA-2001-036.0ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2001-036.0.txt
- download.immunix.orgIMNX-2001-70-035-01http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-035-01
- www.linuxsecurity.comESA-20011019-02http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-1650.html
- marc.info20011018 Flaws in recent Linux kernelshttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100343090106914&w=2
- marc.info20011019 TSLSA-2001-0028http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100350685431610&w=2
- www.novell.comSuSE-SA:2001:036http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_036_kernel_txt.html
- www.linux-mandrake.comMDKSA-2001:082http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-082.php3
- www.securityfocus.com3444http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3444
- frontal2.mandriva.comMDKSA-2001:079http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2001:079
- www.iss.netlinux-multiple-symlink-dos(7312)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7312.php