CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2005-0176

Published: Feb 15, 2005 | Modified: Oct 11, 2017
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The shmctl function in Linux 2.6.9 and earlier allows local users to unlock the memory of other processes, which could cause sensitive memory to be swapped to disk, which could allow it to be read by other users once it has been released.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.9 2.6.9

References