CVE-2005-3271 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2005-3271 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	2.1
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Partial

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 129645 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 129646 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SA:2005:067, published Tue, 06 Dec 2005 13:00:00 +0000

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 02:06:47 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:13:59 2023