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National Vulnerability Database

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2005-3783 Detail

Description

The ptrace functionality (ptrace.c) in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.14.2, using CLONE_THREAD, does not use the thread group ID to check whether it is attaching to itself, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash).


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17761 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17787 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17917 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17918 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/18203 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/19369 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/19374 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/19607 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018 CVE, MITRE
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/gregkh/linux-2.6.14.y.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bh=fcfc4568b45f3f190ba320b0d5853836921cb8bc%3Bhp=019e04ec065a55d8f28157d3a1f7ba06cafd347f%3Bhb=082d52c56f642d21b771a13221068d40915a1409%3Bf=kernel/ptrace.c CVE, MITRE
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/gregkh/linux-2.6.14.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=082d52c56f642d21b771a13221068d40915a1409 CVE, MITRE
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.14.2 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:018 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15642 CVE, MITRE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=174075 CVE, MITRE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/ CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-3783
NVD Published Date:
11/23/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE