CVE-2005-3271

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-3271
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-10-21 01:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionExec in Linux kernel 2.6 does not properly clear posix-timers in multi-threaded environments, which results in a resource leak and could allow a large number of multiple local users to cause a denial of service by using more posix-timers than specified by the quota for a single user.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Secunia - Advisories - Mandriva update for kernel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-922-1 kernel-source-2.6.8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Linux Kernel Multithreaded ITimer Leak Local Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
USN-219-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
Secunia - Advisories - SUSE update for kernel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
linux.bkbits.net/linux-2.6/cset%40414b332fsZQvEUsfzKJIo-q2_ZH0hg af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 linux.bkbits.net
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for kernel-source-2.6.8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Advisory: kernel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Linux-Kernel Archive: [PATCH] exec: fix posix-timers leak and pending signal loss af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ussg.iu.edu Vendor Advisory
CONFIRM:http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@414b332fsZQvEUsfzKJIo-q2_ZH0hg MITRE linux.bkbits.net
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