CVE-2005-3271 (GCVE-0-2005-3271)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-10-20 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 23:10
VLAI?
Summary
Exec in Linux kernel 2.6 does not properly clear posix-timers in multi-threaded environments, which results in a resource leak and could allow a large number of multiple local users to cause a denial of service by using more posix-timers than specified by the quota for a single user.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://secunia.com/advisories/17917 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/18056 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%40414… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15533 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://usn.ubuntu.com/219-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/040… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
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