National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-3181

Overview

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).

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-199-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-199-1

External Source: BID

Name: 15076

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15076

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FLSA:157459-3

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2005:067

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2005-1007

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9549

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2005:808

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-808.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2005:235

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:235

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2005:220

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220

External Source: MANDRAKE

Name: MDKSA-2005:220

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220

External Source: MANDRAKE

Name: MDKSA-2005:219

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2005:219

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219

External Source: MANDRAKE

Name: MDKSA-2005:218

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1017

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19374

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19374

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 17917

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17917

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 17826

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17826

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 17364

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17364

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 17280

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17280

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 17114

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17114

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9467

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9467

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@4346883bQBeBd26syWTKX2CVC5bDcA

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@4346883bQBeBd26syWTKX2CVC5bDcA

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=829841146878e082613a49581ae252c071057c23

Hyperlink:http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=829841146878e082613a49581ae252c071057c23

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9467

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9467