CVE-2007-3848
N/A
Published: August 14, 2007 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:42 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
Linux kernel 2.4.35 and other versions allows local users to send arbitrary signals to a child process that is running at higher privileges by causing a setuid-root parent process to die, which delivers an attacker-controlled parent process death signal (PR_SET_PDEATHSIG).
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 2.4.35
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (42)
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-3848Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00007.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=118711306802632&w=2Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=openwall-announce&m=118710356812637&w=2Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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