CVE-2005-3784 | BDVDB-2026-13513 Detail
Description#
The auto-reap of child processes in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.15 includes processes with ptrace attached, which leads to a dangling ptrace reference and allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and gain root privileges.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17917
- http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7ed0175a462c4c30f6df6fac1cccac058f997739
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18203
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439623/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15625
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18510
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9080
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=174078
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0070
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:018
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17918
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.