Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2005-0178
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.
EPSS: 0.004 (28.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
- Netkit Linux_netkit — versions 0.17, 0.17.17
- Vserver Linux-vserver — versions 1.20, 1.21, 1.22
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CONECTIVA, Vendor Advisory)