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CVSSv2

CVE-2005-2098

Published: 23/08/2005 Updated: 19/10/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 445
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

The KEYCTL_JOIN_SESSION_KEYRING operation in the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.12.5 contains an error path that does not properly release the session management semaphore, which allows local users or remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (semaphore hang) via a new session keyring (1) with an empty name string, (2) with a long name string, (3) with the key quota reached, or (4) ENOMEM.

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Vendor Advisories

Synopsis Updated kernel packages available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 2 Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Updated kernel packages are now available as part of ongoing supportand maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 This is thesecond regular updateThis update has bee ...
David Howells discovered a local Denial of Service vulnerability in the key session joining function Under certain user-triggerable conditions, a semaphore was not released properly, which caused processes which also attempted to join a key session to hang forever This only affects Ubuntu 504 (Hoary Hedgehog) (CAN-2005-2098) ...