Bug 247728 (CVE-2007-3513) - CVE-2007-3513 Locally triggerable memory consumption in usblcd
Summary: CVE-2007-3513 Locally triggerable memory consumption in usblcd
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2007-3513
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 276001 276011
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-07-11 03:49 UTC by Marcel Holtmann
Modified: 2021-11-12 19:41 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2011-09-28 17:07:35 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2007:0940 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security update 2007-10-22 10:52:41 UTC

Description Marcel Holtmann 2007-07-11 03:49:12 UTC 
usblcd currently has no way to limit memory consumption by fast writers. This is
a security problem, as it allows users with write access to this device to drive
the system into oom despite resource limits.
Comment 5 Kurt Seifried 2011-09-28 17:07:35 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Linux Enterprise 5

Via RHSA-2007:0940 available at https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0940.html
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