Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU99930

Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2005-0137

Published: May 2, 2005 / Updated: October 11, 2017

Vulnerability identifier: #VU99930

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-2005-0137

CWE-ID: CWE-399

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.

Linux kernel 2.6 on Itanium (ia64) architectures allows local users to cause a denial of service via a 'missing Itanium syscall table entry.'

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