CVE-2005-0179 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE Reference: CVE-2005-0179
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Description: Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) and bypass RLIM_MEMLOCK limits via the mlockall call.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: SAID Secunia Advisory: SA17002 REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-092.html FULLDISC http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-January/030660.html CONECTIVA http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000930

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