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CVE-2001-0907 Details

Description

Linux kernel 2.2.1 through 2.2.19, and 2.4.1 through 2.4.10, allows local users to cause a denial of service via a series of deeply nested symlinks, which causes the kernel to spend extra time when trying to access the link.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2001-036.0.txt	CVE	Broken Link
http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-035-01	CVE	Broken Link
http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2001:079	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100343090106914&w=2	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100350685431610&w=2	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7312.php	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-082.php3	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-1650.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_036_kernel_txt.html	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3444	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2001-036.0.txt	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-035-01	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2001:079	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100343090106914&w=2	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100350685431610&w=2	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7312.php	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-082.php3	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-1650.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_036_kernel_txt.html	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3444	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	>= 2.2.1, <= 2.2.19 >= 2.4.1, <= 2.4.10
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 20, 2018	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Oct 18, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 1, 2004	Initial Analysis	[email protected]