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CVE-2007-5001

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-05-08 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Linux kernel before 2.4.21 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via asynchronous input or output on a FIFO special file.

Affected products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: as_3, es_3, ws_3
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 3.0

References

• http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.html
• http://osvdb.org/44987
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30110
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31246
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0211.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29083
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2222/references
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326251
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42273
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11329
• http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.html
• http://osvdb.org/44987

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