CVE-2005-3106

Summary

CVECVE-2005-3106
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-09-30 10:05:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionRace 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 4.7 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-667 | n/a | CWE-667 CWE-667 Improper Locking


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary4.7MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1ADPDECLARED4.7MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary4.7MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary1.2AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 4.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 5.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Linux Kernel Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Secunia - Advisories - Ubuntu update for kernel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
linux.bkbits.net/linux-2.6/diffs/fs/exec.c%401.156 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 linux.bkbits.net Broken Link
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-922-1 kernel-source-2.6.8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Mailing List
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
usn/usn-199-1 - Ubuntu Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for kernel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Broken Link
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for kernel-source-2.6.8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CONFIRM:http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/diffs/fs/[email protected]?nav=index.html|src/|src/fs|hist/fs/exec.c MITRE linux.bkbits.net
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