CVE-2005-3527 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Race condition in do_coredump in signal.c in Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service by triggering a core dump in one thread while another thread has a pending SIGSTOP.

Published: 2005-11-09

Score: 4.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-3526	Race condition in do_coredump in signal.c in Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service by triggering a core dump in one thread while another thread has a pending SIGSTOP.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00067.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/17917
http://secunia.com/advisories/17918
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=788e05a67c343fa22f2ae1d3ca264e7f15c25eaf
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:018
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15723

History

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Linux Linux Kernel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-11-09T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:17:22.704Z

Reserved: 2005-11-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-3527

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-11-09T01:02:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-3527

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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