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CVE-2007-0997

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Publication date:
18/09/2007
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Race condition in the tee (sys_tee) system call in the Linux kernel 2.6.17 through 2.6.17.6 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (system crash), obtain sensitive information (kernel memory contents), or gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to a potentially dropped ipipe lock during a race between two pipe readers.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Base Score 2.0
6.90
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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


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