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CVE-2005-0178

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
07/03/2005
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

Race condition in the setsid function in Linux before 2.6.8.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly access portions of kernel memory, related to TTY changes, locking, and semaphores.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.20 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
6.20
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:netkit:linux_netkit:0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netkit:linux_netkit:0.17.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vserver:linux-vserver:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vserver:linux-vserver:1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vserver:linux-vserver:1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vserver:linux-vserver:1.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vserver:linux-vserver:1.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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