CVE-2007-5494

Published: Nov 30, 2007Modified: Apr 23, 2026

4.9

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

Description

Memory leak in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of open requests involving O_ATOMICLOOKUP.

Affected (2)

Products: Redhat: Enterprise Linux

Redhat

1 product

Enterprise Linux

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version 4.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version 5.0

Related CWEs

CWE-399

References (20)

http://osvdb.org/44153

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/27824

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/28162

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0993.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1104.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26657

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019017

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=315051

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38823

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10884

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://osvdb.org/44153