CVE-2007-2764 (GCVE-0-2007-2764)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-05-18 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 13:49
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetk… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24036 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://osvdb.org/39117 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2007-05-16 00:00
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