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CVE Reference: CVE-2005-1913
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2005-1913

Description:
The Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.12.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via a non group-leader thread executing a different program than was pending in itimer, which causes the signal to be delivered to the old group-leader task, which does not exist.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/21138

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-178-1

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA15786

CONFIRM
  http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.12.1

BID
  14054


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