{
  "threat_severity" : "Important",
  "public_date" : "2007-12-07T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: non-root can trigger cpu_idle soft lockup",
    "id" : "453135",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453135"
  },
  "cvss" : {
    "cvss_base_score" : "7.2",
    "cvss_scoring_vector" : "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-190->CWE-119",
  "details" : [ "Integer overflow in the hrtimer_start function in kernel/hrtimer.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (panic) via a large relative timeout value.  NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information." ],
  "statement" : "This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 4.",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "MRG for RHEL-5",
    "release_date" : "2008-08-26T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2008:0585",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5",
    "package" : "kernel-rt-0:2.6.24.7-74.el5rt"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5",
    "release_date" : "2009-08-04T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2009:1193",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5",
    "package" : "kernel-0:2.6.18-128.4.1.el5"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 Z Stream",
    "release_date" : "2010-02-02T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2010:0079",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:5.2",
    "package" : "kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.35.el5"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3.Z - Server Only",
    "release_date" : "2009-08-04T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2009:1193",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:5.3",
    "package" : "kernel-0:2.6.18-128.4.1.el5"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5966\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5966" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2007-5966",
  "csaw" : false
}