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TI-2007-05280 Aliases CVE-2007-5494GHSA-q2pp-wpvj-9w74

Memory leak in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux…

Priority LOW 23CWE-399Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Complete
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Memory leak in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of open requests involving O_ATOMICLOOKUP.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00391 33rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2007:1104 Released 2007-12-19 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 kernel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL, kernel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.ia64, kernel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.ppc64iseries +14
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 kernel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL, kernel-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL, kernel-doc-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL +8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 kernel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL, kernel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.ia64, kernel-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL +12
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 kernel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL, kernel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL.ia64, kernel-devel-2.6.9-67.0.1.EL +12
  • RHSA-2007:0993 Released 2007-11-29 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) kernel-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5, kernel-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5.ia64, kernel-PAE-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 +14
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) kernel-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5, kernel-PAE-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5, kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 +6

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2007:0993
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:1104
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2007:0993
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:1104
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:1104
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:1104

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-5494
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q2pp-wpvj-9w74

References

Advisory 2

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  • TI-2014-05975 GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-05157 GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-23530 Sudo before 1.9.17p1 allows local users to obtain root access because /etc/nsswitch.conf… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2021-17490 mod_proxy SSRF KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
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