CVE-2007-4570 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a denial of service in the MCS translation daemon by submitting large sensitivity label ranges.
- 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-2007-4570?
CVE-2007-4570 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Nov 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the MCS translation daemon in mcstrans 0.2.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (temporary daemon outage) via a large range of compartments in sensitivity labels.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4570?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (4)
mcstrans Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:0.2.6-1.el5 |
mcstrans-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:0.2.6-1.el5 |
mcstrans Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:0.2.6-1.el5 |
mcstrans-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:0.2.6-1.el5 |
Products include Redhat Mcstrans.
How do I fix CVE-2007-4570?
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-2007-4570 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4570 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gf2x-9g2r-6hp6, RHSA-2007:0542.