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CVE Reference: CVE-2005-2098 |
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Original Page at CVE MITRE: CVE-2005-2098 |
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Description: The KEYCTL_JOIN_SESSION_KEYRING operation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.12.5 contains an error path that does not properly release the session management semaphore, which allows local users or remote attackers 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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CVE Status: Candidate |
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References: UBUNTU http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-169-1 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA16355 Secunia Advisory: SA17073 REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html OVAL http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9638 MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220 MANDRAKE http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220 FEDORA http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded CONFIRM http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.12.5 BID 14521 |
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