CVE-2005-2800
Linux SCSI procfs Sequence File Memory Leak Denial of Service
Description
Memory leak in the seq_file implementation in the SCSI procfs interface (sg.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.13 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via certain repeated reads from the /proc/scsi/sg/devices file, which is not properly handled when the next() iterator returns NULL or an error.
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Published Date :
Sept. 6, 2005, 5:03 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 1:57 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
3.9
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference MITRE http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=729d70f5dfd663b44bca68a4479c96bde7e535d6 [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=729d70f5dfd663b44bca68a4479c96bde7e535d6 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 19, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded [Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded [Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9954 [Not Applicable] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9954 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 19, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 16, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/18510 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/18510 Third Party Advisory, Permissions Required Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 Third Party Advisory, Permissions Required Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/19374 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/19374 Third Party Advisory, Permissions Required Changed Reference Type http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9954 No Types Assigned http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9954 Not Applicable Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/17918 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/17918 Third Party Advisory, Permissions Required Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14790 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14790 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html Not Applicable Changed Reference Type http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=729d70f5dfd663b44bca68a4479c96bde7e535d6 No Types Assigned http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=729d70f5dfd663b44bca68a4479c96bde7e535d6 Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-399 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 09, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description Memory leak in the seq_file implemenetation in the SCSI procfs interface (sg.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.13 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via certain repeated reads from the /proc/scsi/sg/devices file, which is not properly handled when the next() iterator returns NULL or an error. Memory leak in the seq_file implementation in the SCSI procfs interface (sg.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.13 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via certain repeated reads from the /proc/scsi/sg/devices file, which is not properly handled when the next() iterator returns NULL or an error. -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 08, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219 Removed Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 06, 2005
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Exploit Prediction
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0.06 }} -0.01%
score
0.20983
percentile