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CVE-2005-2800 Detail

Current Description

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17918 Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17918 Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18510 Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18510 Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/19374 Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/19374 Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=729d70f5dfd663b44bca68a4479c96bde7e535d6
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=729d70f5dfd663b44bca68a4479c96bde7e535d6
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218 Broken Link 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218 Broken Link 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html Not Applicable 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html Not Applicable 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14790 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14790 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9954
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9954

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-2800
NVD Published Date:
09/06/2005
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE