CVE-2005-3784

Description

The auto-reap of child processes in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.15 includes processes with ptrace attached, which leads to a dangling ptrace reference and allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and gain root privileges.

Category

4.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.06%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/17917 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806 vendor advisory
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7ed0175a462c4c30f6df6fac1cccac058f997739
http://secunia.com/advisories/18203 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439623/100/100/threaded mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15625 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/18510 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9080 signature vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=174078
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0070 vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:018 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17918 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19374 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/ vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17787 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17786 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2649 vdb entry vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-3784?
CVE-2005-3784 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-3784?
To fix CVE-2005-3784, 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-2005-3784 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2005-3784 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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