CVE-2007-3719

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2007-07-13
Bugzilla:
248113: CVE-2007-3719 kernel: secretly Monopolizing the CPU Without Superuser Privileges

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The process scheduler in the Linux kernel 2.6.16 gives preference to "interactive" processes that perform voluntary sleeps, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), as described in "Secretly Monopolizing the CPU Without Superuser Privileges."

Find out more about CVE-2007-3719 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having moderate security impact.

The risks associated with fixing this bug are greater than the moderate severity security risk. We therefore currently have no plans to fix this flaw in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG.

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