CVE-2005-2708

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2005-06-28
Bugzilla:
1617750: CVE-2005-2708 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The search_binary_handler function in exec.c in Linux 2.4 kernel on 64-bit x86 architectures does not check a return code for a particular function call when virtual memory is low, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic), as demonstrated by running a process using the bash ulimit -v command.

Find out more about CVE-2005-2708 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 RHSA-2006:0190 2006-02-01
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (kernel) RHSA-2006:0140 2006-01-19

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