Transmission of private resources into a new sphere ('resource leak') in Linux kernel - CVE-2005-3271
Published: October 21, 2005 / Updated: October 3, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95630
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-2005-3271
CWE-ID: CWE-402
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform service disruption.
Exec 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2005-3271
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@414b332fsZQvEUsfzKJIo-q2_ZH0hg
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17826
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17917
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18056
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219
- http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15533
- http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0409.1/1107.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/219-1/