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CVE-2005-2708

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
Publication date:
25/10/2005
Last modified:
19/10/2018

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.10 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
2.10
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test10:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test11:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test12:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test8:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test9:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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