CVE-2007-3721

Published: Jul 12, 2007Modified: Apr 23, 2026

2.1

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

The ULE process scheduler in the FreeBSD kernel 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."

Affected (1)

Products: Freebsd: Freebsd

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Freebsd Freebsd	All versions

References (4)

http://osvdb.org/39598

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~dants/papers/Cheat07Security.pdf

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://osvdb.org/39598

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~dants/papers/Cheat07Security.pdf

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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