CVE-2005-3181

Description

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).

References

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

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

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

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3