CVE-2007-3848
LOW · CVSS 1.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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).
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 1.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 0.4% (30th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-3832)
- Published
- August 14, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-3832 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-3848
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00007.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=118711306802632&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=openwall-announce&m=118710356812637&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26450
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26500
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26643
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26651
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26664
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27212
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27227
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27322
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27436
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27747
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27913
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28806
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29058
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29570
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33280
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-474.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1356
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.4
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:195
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0939.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0940.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1049.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476464/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476538/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476677/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476803/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25387
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-508-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-509-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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