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CVE-2005-3181 Detail

Description

The audit system in Linux kernel 2.6.6, and other versions before 2.6.13.4, when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled, uses an incorrect function to free names_cache memory, which prevents the memory from being tracked by AUDITSYSCALL code and leads to a memory leak that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=829841146878e082613a49581ae252c071057c23 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%404346883bQBeBd26syWTKX2CVC5bDcA CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17114 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17280 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17364 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17917 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/19374 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:235 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-808.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9549 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15076 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-199-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9467 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-3181
NVD Published Date:
10/12/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.