CVE-2001-0907

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Summary

CVECVE-2001-0907
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2001-10-18 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionLinux kernel 2.2.1 through 2.2.19, and 2.4.1 through 2.4.10, allows local users to cause a denial of service via a series of deeply nested symlinks, which causes the kernel to spend extra time when trying to access the link.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
MandrakeSoft Update Advisory MDKSA-2001:082 : kernel22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linux-mandrake.com Broken Link
'TSLSA-2001-0028' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2001-036.0.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.caldera.com Broken Link
Linux Deep Symbolic Link Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
LinuxSecurity.com: EnGarde: 'kernel' local DoS and potential root compromise af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linuxsecurity.com Third Party Advisory
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com Broken Link
frontal2.mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 frontal2.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-035-01 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 download.immunix.org Broken Link
ISS X-Force Database: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Broken Link
'Flaws in recent Linux kernels' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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