CVE-2005-3784
First published: Wed Nov 23 2005(Updated: )
The auto-reap of child processes in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.15 includes processes with ptrace attached, which leads to a dangling ptrace reference and allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and gain root privileges.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.0 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.1 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.10 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.11 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.11.1 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.11.2 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.11.3 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.11.4 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.11.5 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.11.6 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.11.7 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.11.8 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.11.9 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.11.10 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.11.11 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.11.12 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.12 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.12.1 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.12.2 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.12.3 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.12.4 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.12.5 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.12.6 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.13 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.13.1 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.13.2 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.13.3 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.13.4 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.13.5 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.14 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.14.1 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.14.2 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.14.3 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.14.4 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.14.5 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.14.6 | |
| Linux Kernel | =2.6.14.7 |
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Reference Links
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17786
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17787
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17917
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17918
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18203
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18510
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19374
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7ed0175a462c4c30f6df6fac1cccac058f997739
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:018
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439623/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15625
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0070
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2649
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=174078
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9080
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7ed0175a462c4c30f6df6fac1cccac058f997739
- agent/author
- agent/references
- agent/type
- agent/softwarecombine
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/severity
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/weakness
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/source
- agent/tags
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- collector/nvd-api
- collector/nvd-historical
- vendor/linux
- canonical/linux kernel
- version/linux kernel/2.6.0
- version/linux kernel/2.6.1
- version/linux kernel/2.6.10
- version/linux kernel/2.6.11
- version/linux kernel/2.6.11.1
- version/linux kernel/2.6.11.2
- version/linux kernel/2.6.11.3
- version/linux kernel/2.6.11.4
- version/linux kernel/2.6.11.5
- version/linux kernel/2.6.11.6
- version/linux kernel/2.6.11.7
- version/linux kernel/2.6.11.8
- version/linux kernel/2.6.11.9
- version/linux kernel/2.6.11.10
- version/linux kernel/2.6.11.11
- version/linux kernel/2.6.11.12
- version/linux kernel/2.6.12
- version/linux kernel/2.6.12.1
- version/linux kernel/2.6.12.2
- version/linux kernel/2.6.12.3
- version/linux kernel/2.6.12.4
- version/linux kernel/2.6.12.5
- version/linux kernel/2.6.12.6
- version/linux kernel/2.6.13
- version/linux kernel/2.6.13.1
- version/linux kernel/2.6.13.2
- version/linux kernel/2.6.13.3
- version/linux kernel/2.6.13.4
- version/linux kernel/2.6.13.5
- version/linux kernel/2.6.14
- version/linux kernel/2.6.14.1
- version/linux kernel/2.6.14.2
- version/linux kernel/2.6.14.3
- version/linux kernel/2.6.14.4
- version/linux kernel/2.6.14.5
- version/linux kernel/2.6.14.6
- version/linux kernel/2.6.14.7