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title: "CVE-2007-3100\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-3100

Publication date 14 June 2007

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

usr/log.c in iscsid in open-iscsi (iscsi-initiator-utils) before 2.0-865
uses a semaphore with insecure permissions (world-writable/world-readable)
for managing log messages using shared memory, which allows local users to
cause a denial of service (hang) by grabbing the semaphore.

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| open-iscsi | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not affected |
| 7.04 feisty | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.10 edgy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3100)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3100)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-3100)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-3100)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3100>