CVE-2007-3719

The process scheduler in the Linux kernel 2.6.16 gives preference to "interactive" processes that perform voluntary sleeps, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), as described in "Secretly Monopolizing the CPU Without Superuser Privileges."

CVSS v2.0 2.1 LOW

2.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://osvdb.org/37127
http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~dants/papers/Cheat07Security.pdf

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2007-07-12 16:30

Updated : 2024-02-28 11:01

NVD link : CVE-2007-3719

Mitre link : CVE-2007-3719

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2007-3719

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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