CVE-2007-5494 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a denial of service via memory consumption in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch.
- 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-2007-5494?
CVE-2007-5494 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 30 Nov 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory leak in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of open requests involving O_ATOMICLOOKUP.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5494?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redhat Enterprise Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2007-5494?
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-2007-5494 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5494 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-q2pp-wpvj-9w74.