CVE-2007-0001 Denial of service in n/a
Local users can cause a kernel panic in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux audit subsystem by replacing a watched file.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-0001?
CVE-2007-0001 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 28 Feb 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The file watch implementation in the audit subsystem (auditctl -w) in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 kernel 2.6.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by replacing a watched file, which does not cause the watch on the old inode to be dropped.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0001?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redhat Enterprise Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2007-0001?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2007-0001 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-0001 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-v6fh-mg2v-xv8g.