Vulnerability Details CVE-2005-0403
init_dev in tty_io.c in the Red Hat backport of NPTL to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 does not properly clear controlling tty's in multi-threaded applications, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly gain tty access via unknown attack vectors that trigger an access of a pointer to a freed structure.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 15.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 7.2
References
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-293.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=144059
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9435
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-293.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=144059
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9435
Products affected by CVE-2005-0403
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:3.0