CVEvulnerability
CVE-2007-2764
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2007-05-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The embedded Linux kernel in certain Sun-Brocade SilkWorm switches before 20070516 does not properly handle a situation in which a non-root user creates a kernel process, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (oops and device reboot) via unspecified vectors.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://osvdb.org/39117 Broken Link
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102752-1 Broken Link, Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24036 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34495 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://osvdb.org/39117 Broken Link
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102752-1 Broken Link, Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24036 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34495 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry