CVE-2007-0001
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD
The file watch implementation in the audit subsystem (auditctl -w) in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 kernel 2.6.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by replacing a watched file, which does not cause the watch on the old inode to be dropped.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.7 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.6% (49th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-0005)
- Published
- March 2, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-0005 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / enterprise linux
References
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=223129(Patch)
- http://osvdb.org/33031
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24300(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0085.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22737
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017705
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9560
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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