Vulnerability CVE-2005-3660


Published: 2005-12-22   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Linux kernel 2.4 and 2.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion and panic) by creating a large number of connected file descriptors or socketpairs and setting a large data transfer buffer, then preventing Linux from being able to finish the transfer by causing the process to become a zombie, or closing the file descriptor without closing an associated reference.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Linux Kernel Socket Buffer Memory Exhaustion DoS Vulnerability
iDEFENSE Labs
24.12.2005

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.9/10
6.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Linux -> Linux kernel 

 References:
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=362
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3076
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16041
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/23835
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015402
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/291
http://secunia.com/advisories/18205

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