CVE-2005-3181
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…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.50%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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).
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.50% probability · 41th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-401
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · mandriva/linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=829841146878e082613a49581ae252c071057c23Broken Link
- http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%404346883bQBeBd26syWTKX2CVC5bDcABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17114Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17280Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17364Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17826Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17917Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19374Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:235Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-808.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9549Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15076Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-199-1Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9467Broken Link
- http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=829841146878e082613a49581ae252c071057c23Broken Link
- http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%404346883bQBeBd26syWTKX2CVC5bDcABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17114Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17280Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17364Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17826Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17917Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19374Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.