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CVE-2007-5908 (GCVE-0-2007-5908)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-11-10 00:00 – Updated: 2007-11-28 15:00

Buffer overflow in the (1) sysfs_show_available_clocksources and (2) sysfs_show_current_clocksources functions in Linux kernel 2.6.23 and earlier might allow local users to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via crafted clock source names. NOTE: follow-on analysis by Linux developers states that "There is no way for unprivileged users (or really even the root user) to add new clocksources.

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GSD-2007-5908

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21

Details

** REJECT ** Buffer overflow in the (1) sysfs_show_available_clocksources and (2) sysfs_show_current_clocksources functions in Linux kernel 2.6.23 and earlier might allow local users to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via crafted clock source names. NOTE: follow-on analysis by Linux developers states that "There is no way for unprivileged users (or really even the root user) to add new clocksources."

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FKIE_CVE-2007-5908

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-11-09 19:46 - Updated: 2023-11-07 02:01

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Summary

Rejected reason: Buffer overflow in the (1) sysfs_show_available_clocksources and (2) sysfs_show_current_clocksources functions in Linux kernel 2.6.23 and earlier might allow local users to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via crafted clock source names. NOTE: follow-on analysis by Linux developers states that "There is no way for unprivileged users (or really even the root user) to add new clocksources.

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      "lang": "en",
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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2007-5908 (GCVE-0-2007-5908)

GSD-2007-5908

FKIE_CVE-2007-5908

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