CVE-2005-3106

Description

Race condition in Linux 2.6, when threads are sharing memory mapping via CLONE_VM (such as linuxthreads and vfork), might allow local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by triggering a core dump while waiting for a thread that has just performed an exec.

Category

4.7
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.08%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9108 vdb entry signature broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/18056 third party advisory broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html vendor advisory broken link
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/diffs/fs/exec.c%401.156?nav=index.html%7Csrc/%7Csrc/fs%7Chist/fs/exec.c broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922 mailing list vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15049 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/18510 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/17141 third party advisory broken link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-199-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded broken link vdb entry third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-3106?
CVE-2005-3106 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-3106?
To fix CVE-2005-3106, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-3106 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2005-3106 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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