#VU99728 Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2005-3110 

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#VU99728 Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2005-3110

Published: September 30, 2005 / Updated: October 19, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU99728
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2005-3110
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

Race condition in ebtables netfilter module (ebtables.c) in Linux 2.6, when running on an SMP system that is operating under a heavy load, might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a series of packets that cause a value to be modified after it has been read but before it has been locked.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's repository.

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