CVE-2005-0403
init_dev in tty_io.c in the Red Hat backport of NPTL to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 does not properly clear controlling tty's in multi-threaded applications, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly gain tty access via…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
init_dev in tty_io.c in the Red Hat backport of NPTL to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 does not properly clear controlling tty's in multi-threaded applications, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly gain tty access via unknown attack vectors that trigger an access of a pointer to a freed structure.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 34th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-293.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=144059
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9435
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-293.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=144059
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9435
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.