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CVE-2007-4570 json

Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the MCS translation daemon in mcstrans 0.2.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (tempo…

published 2007-11-10 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-4552

cvss
1.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 23%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the MCS translation daemon in mcstrans 0.2.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (temporary daemon outage) via a large range of compartments in sensitivity labels.

Patch / fix

  • mcstrans RHEL 5 0.2.6-1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2007:0542

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-4570 updated

mctransd DoS

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) mcstrans 0.2.6-1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) mcstrans 0.2.6-1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0542

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 1.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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