01 Record
CVE-2007-3848
Linux kernel 2.4.35 and other versions allows local users to send arbitrary signals to a child process that is running at higher privileges by causing a setuid-root parent process to die, which
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Linux kernel 2.4.35 and other versions allows local users to send arbitrary signals to a child process that is running at higher privileges by causing a setuid-root parent process to die, which
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
- 0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 29.8% 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
- 2007-08-14 17:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 14:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-07-18
- 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
- 4dff577cb1995351ad0734c42979a419478c9f988f67bb104c4f3c93d23ccfed
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2008:017http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00007.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0940http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0940.html
- www.securityfocus.com25387http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25387
- secunia.com27747http://secunia.com/advisories/27747
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttp://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-3848
- secunia.com27212http://secunia.com/advisories/27212
- secunia.com27227http://secunia.com/advisories/27227
- secunia.com26664http://secunia.com/advisories/26664
- marc.info20070814 COSEINC Linux Advisory #1: Linux Kernel Parent Process DeathSignal Vulnerabilityhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=118711306802632&w=2
- secunia.com26643http://secunia.com/advisories/26643
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1648
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:1049http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1049.html
- secunia.com28806http://secunia.com/advisories/28806
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2007:053http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html
- secunia.com27913http://secunia.com/advisories/27913
- secunia.com27322http://secunia.com/advisories/27322
- www.securityfocus.com20070816 Re: COSEINC Linux Advisory #1: Linux Kernel Parent Process Death Signal Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476803/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com26651http://secunia.com/advisories/26651
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0939http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0939.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-510-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1
- www.debian.orgDSA-1504http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504
- www.debian.orgDSA-1356http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1356
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-474.htm
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-509-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-509-1
- secunia.com33280http://secunia.com/advisories/33280
- www.securityfocus.com20070814 Re: COSEINC Linux Advisory #1: Linux Kernel Parent Process Death Signal Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476538/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com20070814 COSEINC Linux Advisory #1: Linux Kernel Parent Process Death Signal Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476464/100/0/threaded
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.4
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:196http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2008:006http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-1503http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503
- secunia.com29058http://secunia.com/advisories/29058
- secunia.com26500http://secunia.com/advisories/26500
- marc.info[openwall-announce] 20070814 Linux 2.4.35-ow2http://marc.info/?l=openwall-announce&m=118710356812637&w=2
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0787http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html
- secunia.com26450http://secunia.com/advisories/26450
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10120https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10120
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-508-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-508-1
- www.securityfocus.com20070815 Re: COSEINC Linux Advisory #1: Linux Kernel Parent Process Death Signal Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476677/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com27436http://secunia.com/advisories/27436
- secunia.com29570http://secunia.com/advisories/29570
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:195http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:195