CVE - CVE-2007-5966

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-5966	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Integer overflow in the hrtimer_start function in kernel/hrtimer.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (panic) via a large relative timeout value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:20071218 rPSA-2007-0269-1 kernel URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485282/100/0/threaded MISC:20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded MISC:26880 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26880 MISC:28088 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/28088 MISC:28105 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/28105 MISC:28141 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/28141 MISC:28706 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/28706 MISC:28806 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/28806 MISC:31628 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31628 MISC:36131 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/36131 MISC:37471 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 MISC:ADV-2007-4225 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4225~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:ADV-2009-3316 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:DSA-1436 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1436 MISC:MDVSA-2008:112 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:112~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2008:0585 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html MISC:RHSA-2009:1193 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1193.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2008:006 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.html MISC:USN-574-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1 MISC:http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.10 URL:http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.10 MISC:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html URL:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html MISC:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2038 URL:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2038 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10774 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10774 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8125 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8125
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20071114	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20071114)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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