Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2005-2800
Memory leak in the seq_file implementation in the SCSI procfs interface (sg.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.13 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via certain repeated reads from the /proc/scsi/sg/devices file, which is not properly handled when the next() iterator returns NULL or an error.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (56.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel — versions 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14790 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html (vendor-advisory, Not Applicable)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9954 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/18510 (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- secunia.com/advisories/17826 (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/17918 (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded (vendor-advisory)