The wait_task_stopped function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.8 checks a TASK_TRACED bit instead of an exit_state value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (machine crash) via unspecified vectors. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
References
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http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.23.y.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=36ef66c5d137b9a31fd8c35d236fb9e26ef74f97 cve-icon cve-icon
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0055.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/27664 cve-icon cve-icon
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http://secunia.com/advisories/27919 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/27922 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28033 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28170 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28706 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28748 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28971 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29245 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/30818 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/30962 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1428 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.8 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:008 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:044 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:112 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_63_kernel.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26477 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-558-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-578-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3902 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38547 cve-icon cve-icon
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1965 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5500 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9868 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5500 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00032.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00170.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00302.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2007-11-20T02:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:31:59.003Z

Reserved: 2007-10-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-5500

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-11-20T02:46:00.000

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:01:19.773

Link: CVE-2007-5500

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-5500 - Bugzilla