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).
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History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2007-08-14T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T14:28:52.569Z

Reserved: 2007-07-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-3848

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-08-14T17:17:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-21T00:34:13.180

Link: CVE-2007-3848

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2007-08-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-3848 - Bugzilla