CVE-2005-3181

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2005-10-07
Bugzilla:
1617791: CVE-2005-3181 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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).

Find out more about CVE-2005-3181 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (kernel) RHSA-2005:808 2005-10-27

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