Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2005-3106

Assigned:2005-01-15
Published:2005-01-15
Updated:2018-10-19
Summary:Race condition in Linux 2.6, when threads are sharing memory mapping via CLONE_VM (such as linuxthreads and vfork), might allow local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by triggering a core dump while waiting for a thread that has just performed an exec.
CVSS v3 Severity:2.9 Low (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:1.2 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
1.2 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): High
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-Other
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2005-3106

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Broken Link
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/diffs/fs/exec.c@1.156?nav=index.html|src/|src/fs|hist/fs/exec.c

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
17141

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
18056

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
18510

Source: DEBIAN
Type: UNKNOWN
DSA-922

Source: MANDRIVA
Type: UNKNOWN
MDKSA-2006:072

Source: REDHAT
Type: UNKNOWN
RHSA-2006:0101

Source: FEDORA
Type: UNKNOWN
FLSA:157459-3

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
15049

Source: UBUNTU
Type: UNKNOWN
USN-199-1

Source: OVAL
Type: UNKNOWN
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9108

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 1:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 2:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4::as:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 3:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 4:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4::es:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 5:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4::ws:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9108
    V
    		Race condition in Linux 2.6, when threads are sharing memory mapping via CLONE_VM (such as linuxthreads and vfork), might allow local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by triggering a core dump while waiting for a thread that has just performed an exec.
    2013-04-29
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20060101
    P
    		RHSA-2006:0101: kernel security update (Important)
    2006-01-17
    oval:org.debian:def:922
    V
    		several vulnerabilities
    2005-12-14
    BACK
    linux linux kernel 2.6.0