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CVE Reference: CVE-2007-3848

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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2007-3848

Description:
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).

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-508-1
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-509-1

SUSE
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00007.html
  http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.html

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA26664
  Secunia Advisory: SA27436
  Secunia Advisory: SA27322
  Secunia Advisory: SA26651
  Secunia Advisory: SA26643
  Secunia Advisory: SA26450
  Secunia Advisory: SA26500
  Secunia Advisory: SA27212
  Secunia Advisory: SA27227
  Secunia Advisory: SA27747
  Secunia Advisory: SA27913
  Secunia Advisory: SA28806
  Secunia Advisory: SA29058
  Secunia Advisory: SA29570

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1049.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0939.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0940.html

MLIST
  http://marc.info/?l=openwall-announce&m=118710356812637&w=2

MISC
  http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-3848

MANDRIVA
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:195
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503
  http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504
  http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1356

CONFIRM
  http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-474.htm
  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.4

BUGTRAQ
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/476538/100/0/threaded
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/476464/100/0/threaded
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/476803/100/0/threaded
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/476677/100/0/threaded
  http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=118711306802632&w=2

BID
  25387


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