Improper input validation in Linux kernel - CVE-2005-3044

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU95470

Improper input validation in Linux kernel - CVE-2005-3044

Published: September 23, 2005 / Updated: October 19, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU95470
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2005-3044
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform service disruption.

Multiple vulnerabilities in Linux kernel before 2.6.13.2 allow local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS from null dereference) via (1) fput in a 32-bit ioctl on 64-bit x86 systems or (2) sockfd_put in the 32-bit routing_ioctl function on 64-bit systems.


How to mitigate CVE-2005-3044

Install update from vendor's repository.

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