01 Record
CVE-2007-0771
The utrace support in Linux kernel 2.6.18, and other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) related to "MT exec + utrace_attach spin failure mode," as demonstrated by
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The utrace support in Linux kernel 2.6.18, and other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) related to "MT exec + utrace_attach spin failure mode," as demonstrated by
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
- 0.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 31.6% 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
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2007-05-02 22:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 12:34Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-02-06
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- 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
- fd92e99d06504e66d8526dca486217da50998d9ba9a6d4d3b25e573d14ebbc32
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comkernel-utracesupport-dos(34128)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34128
- securitytracker.com1017979http://securitytracker.com/id?1017979
- www.securityfocus.com23720http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23720
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9447https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9447
- osvdb.org35927http://osvdb.org/35927
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0169http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0169.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=228816
- secunia.com25080http://secunia.com/advisories/25080
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=227952