Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
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| Name | CVE-2005-2708 | First vendor Publication | 2005-10-25 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2018-10-19 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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| 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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | |||
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| Cvss Base Score | 2.1 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| The search_binary_handler function in exec.c in Linux 2.4 kernel on 64-bit x86 architectures does not check a return code for a particular function call when virtual memory is low, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic), as demonstrated by running a process using the bash ulimit -v command. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2708 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-399 | Resource Management Errors |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10649 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10649 | ||
| Title: | The search_binary_handler function in exec.c in Linux 2.4 kernel on 64-bit x86 architectures does not check a return code for a particular function call when virtual memory is low, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic), as demonstrated by running a process using the bash ulimit -v command. | ||
| Description: | The search_binary_handler function in exec.c in Linux 2.4 kernel on 64-bit x86 architectures does not check a return code for a particular function call when virtual memory is low, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic), as demonstrated by running a process using the bash ulimit -v command. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2005-2708 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 CentOS Linux 3 | Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 22668 | Linux Kernel search_binary_handler() Function Local DoS |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2006-07-03 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2006-0140.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-01-20 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2006-0140.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
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| 2021-05-04 12:03:08 |
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| 2021-04-22 01:03:24 |
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| 2018-10-19 21:19:38 |
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