National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-1913
Original release date:09/14/2005
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.12.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via a non group-leader thread executing a different program than was pending in itimer, which causes the signal to be delivered to the old group-leader task, which does not exist.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0 incomplete approximation):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
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External Source: XF
Name: kernel-subthread-dos(21138)
Type: Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 14054
Type: Patch Information
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 15786
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-178-1
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.12.1
