CVE-2007-3719

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    CVE-2007-3719

    Published: 12 Jul 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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."

    References: http://osvdb.org/37127, http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~dants/papers/Cheat07Security.pdf

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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