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CVE-2005-0178

Date: February 16, 2005

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.

Severity Score

7.4

Related Resources (9)

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12598

Url: http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=110846102231365&w=2

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-092.html

Url: http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000930

Url: http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%4041ddda70CWJb5nNL71T4MOlG2sMG8A

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2005-0178

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10647

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0178

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2005-0178

Severity Score

7.4

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.4
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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