CVE-2005-3181
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 11, 2005
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 11, 2005
Description
The audit system in Linux kernel 2.6.6, and other versions before 2.6.13.4, when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled, uses an incorrect function to free names_cache memory, which prevents the memory from being tracked by AUDITSYSCALL code and leads to a memory leak that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- MDKSA-2005:235vendor-advisory
- 15076vdb-entry
- RHSA-2005:808vendor-advisory
- 17917third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2005:067vendor-advisory
- MDKSA-2005:220vendor-advisory
- 17364third-party-advisory
- http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%404346883bQBeBd26syWTKX2CVC5bDcA
- MDKSA-2005:218vendor-advisory
- http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=829841146878e082613a49581ae252c071057c23
- 17280third-party-advisory
- 17826third-party-advisory
- USN-199-1vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2005-1007vendor-advisory
- FLSA:157459-3vendor-advisory
- DSA-1017vendor-advisory
- MDKSA-2005:219vendor-advisory
- 17114third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9467vdb-entrysignature
- 19374third-party-advisory
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