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CVE-2005-3106

MEDIUM
4.7
CVSS Score
Published: September 30, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:16 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsLinux KernelDebian LinuxUbuntu Linux

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Severity
MEDIUM4.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (11)

x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/diffs/fs/exec.c%401.156?nav=index.html%7Csrc/%7Csrc/fs%7Chist/fs/exec.c
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17141
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/18056
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/18510
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANMailing List
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORABroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4.7MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-667

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