Oval Definition:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9868
Revision Date: 2013-04-29 Version: 11 Title: The wait_task_stopped function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.8 checks a TASK_TRACED bit instead of an exit_state value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (machine crash) via unspecified vectors. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. Description: The wait_task_stopped function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.8 checks a TASK_TRACED bit instead of an exit_state value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (machine crash) via unspecified vectors. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. Family: unix Class: vulnerability Status: ACCEPTED Reference(s): CVE-2007-5500 Platform(s): CentOS Linux 4 Oracle Linux 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Product(s): Definition Synopsis RHEL4, CentOS4 or Oracle Linux 4 The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 OR CentOS Linux 4.x OR Oracle Linux 4.x AND Configuration section kernel-xenU is earlier than 0:2.6.9-67.0.4.EL OR kernel-hugemem is earlier than 0:2.6.9-67.0.4.EL OR kernel-hugemem-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-67.0.4.EL OR kernel-xenU-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-67.0.4.EL OR kernel-smp-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-67.0.4.EL OR kernel-largesmp-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-67.0.4.EL OR kernel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-67.0.4.EL OR kernel-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-67.0.4.EL OR kernel-doc is earlier than 0:2.6.9-67.0.4.EL OR kernel-largesmp is earlier than 0:2.6.9-67.0.4.EL OR kernel-smp is earlier than 0:2.6.9-67.0.4.EL
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