CVE - CVE-2005-3271

CVE-ID
CVE-2005-3271	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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BID:15533 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15533 CONFIRM:http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@414b332fsZQvEUsfzKJIo-q2_ZH0hg DEBIAN:DSA-922 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922 MANDRAKE:MDKSA-2005:218 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218~~ (Obsolete source) MANDRAKE:MDKSA-2005:219 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219~~ (Obsolete source) MLIST:[linux-kernel] 20040911 [PATCH] exec: fix posix-timers leak and pending signal loss URL:http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0409.1/1107.html SECUNIA:17826 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 SECUNIA:17917 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/17917 SECUNIA:18056 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/18056 SUSE:SUSE-SA:2005:067 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806 UBUNTU:USN-219-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/219-1/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20051020	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20051020)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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