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CVE-2005-3181

Published: Oct 11, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-401
2.1LOW
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 61.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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).

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-401

Affected Products

Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linux
oss-projectaka the linux kernel
linux kernelOn-premOS
Operating Systems
canonical
commercial·GBaka canonical ltd.
ubuntu linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
mandriva
commercial·FRaka mandriva linux
linuxOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://www.debian.org/security/dsa-1017/
debian.org
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2709
cve.mitre.org
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0095
cve.mitre.org
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