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CVE-2007-4774 Details

Description

The Linux kernel before 2.4.36-rc1 has a race condition. It was possible to bypass systrace policies by flooding the ptraced process with SIGCONT signals, which can can wake up a PTRACED process.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.9 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://osdn.net/projects/linux-kernel-docs/scm/git/linux-2.4.36/listCommit?skip=60 CVEIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200204-0002/ CVE
http://taviso.decsystem.org/research.html CVEThird Party Advisory
https://osdn.net/projects/linux-kernel-docs/scm/git/linux-2.4.36/listCommit?skip=60 [email protected]Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200204-0002/ [email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux linux kernel
<= 2.4.35

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-4774
NVD Published Date:
Jan 15, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]