Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2005-2098 First vendor Publication 2005-08-23
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2018-10-19

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The KEYCTL_JOIN_SESSION_KEYRING operation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.12.5 contains an error path that does not properly release the session management semaphore, which allows local users or remote attackers to cause a denial of service (semaphore hang) via a new session keyring (1) with an empty name string, (2) with a long name string, (3) with the key quota reached, or (4) ENOMEM.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2098

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9638
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9638
Title: The KEYCTL_JOIN_SESSION_KEYRING operation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.12.5 contains an error path that does not properly release the session management semaphore, which allows local users or remote attackers to cause a denial of service (semaphore hang) via a new session keyring (1) with an empty name string, (2) with a long name string, (3) with the key quota reached, or (4) ENOMEM.
Description: The KEYCTL_JOIN_SESSION_KEYRING operation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.12.5 contains an error path that does not properly release the session management semaphore, which allows local users or remote attackers to cause a denial of service (semaphore hang) via a new session keyring (1) with an empty name string, (2) with a long name string, (3) with the key quota reached, or (4) ENOMEM.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2005-2098
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
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Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 63

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
18652 Linux Kernel Keyring Management KEYCTL_JOIN_SESSION_KEYRING DoS

Linux contains a flaw that may allow a local denial of service. The issue is triggered when a user causes the system to attempt to allocate a new session keyring after either the user's key quota has been reached, or if the new keyring name is blank or is too long, and will result in loss of availability for the keyring management service.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2006-07-05 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2005-514.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-169-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-11 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-514.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14521
CONFIRM http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.12.5
FEDORA http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
MANDRAKE http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/16355/
http://secunia.com/advisories/17073
UBUNTU https://usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/

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