CVE-2007-2764

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-2764
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-05-18 22:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe embedded Linux kernel in certain Sun-Brocade SilkWorm switches before 20070516 does not properly handle a situation in which a non-root user creates a kernel process, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (oops and device reboot) via unspecified vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Brocade Silkworm 12000 Director - All All All
Hardware Brocade Silkworm 200e Switch - All All All
Hardware Brocade Silkworm 24000 Director - All All All
Hardware Brocade Silkworm 3250 Fabric Switch - All All All
Hardware Brocade Silkworm 3850 Fabric Switch - All All All
Hardware Brocade Silkworm 3900 Switch - All All All
Hardware Brocade Silkworm 48000 Director - All All All
Hardware Brocade Silkworm 4900 Fibre Channel Switch - All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Broken Link, Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Sun Brocade Switches Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
osvdb.org/39117 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org Broken Link
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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