CVE-2007-3379

Unspecified vulnerability in the kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 on the x86_64 platform allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via unspecified vectors related to the get_gate_vma function and the fuser command.

Published: 2007-09-17 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-3379 is rated Low Risk (13.7/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-3379

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.06% +0.01%
2 2023-03-07 0.89% 0.04% -0.85%
3 2023-02-13 0.89%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-3379

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-3379

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-3379

vendor priority summary link
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-3379
ubuntu low CVE-2007-3379 low priority: Ubuntu including 5 source packages (linux, linux-source-2.6.15, linux-source-2.6.17, linux-source-2.6.20, linux-source-2.6.22), 9 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): not-affected 9. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-3379

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-3379

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat enterprise_linux 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:as:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:es:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:ws:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.0:*:desktop:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-3379

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