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CVE-2005-0178

Published: Mar 07, 2005 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.2 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0178
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Race condition in the setsid function in Linux before 2.6.8.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly access portions of kernel memory, related to TTY changes, locking, and semaphores.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux_netkitNetkit0.17 (including)0.17 (including)
Linux_netkitNetkit0.17.17 (including)0.17.17 (including)
Linux-vserverVserver1.20 (including)1.20 (including)
Linux-vserverVserver1.21 (including)1.21 (including)
Linux-vserverVserver1.22 (including)1.22 (including)
Linux-vserverVserver1.23 (including)1.23 (including)
Linux-vserverVserver1.24 (including)1.24 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatkernel-0:2.6.9-5.0.3.EL*
Linux-source-2.6.15Ubuntudapper*
Linux-source-2.6.17Ubuntuedgy*

References

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