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CVE-2005-3106 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
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://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://secunia.com/advisories/17141 Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17141 Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18056 Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18056 Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18510 Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18510 Broken Link 
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922 Mailing List 
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922 Mailing List 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15049 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15049 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-199-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-199-1 Third Party Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9108 Broken Link 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9108 Broken Link 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-667 Improper Locking cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-3106
NVD Published Date:
09/30/2005
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE