CVE-2007-2764

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

18/05/2007

Last modified:

09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.80

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:brocade:silkworm_12000_director:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:brocade:silkworm_200e_switch:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:brocade:silkworm_24000_director:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:brocade:silkworm_3250_fabric_switch:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:brocade:silkworm_3850_fabric_switch:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:brocade:silkworm_3900_switch:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:brocade:silkworm_48000_director:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:brocade:silkworm_4900_fibre_channel_switch:-:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:brocade:silkworm_12000_director:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:brocade:silkworm_200e_switch:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:brocade:silkworm_24000_director:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:brocade:silkworm_3250_fabric_switch:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:brocade:silkworm_3850_fabric_switch:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:brocade:silkworm_3900_switch:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:brocade:silkworm_48000_director:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:h:brocade:silkworm_4900_fibre_channel_switch:-:::::::*

CVE-2007-2764

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools