#VU99935 Resource exhaustion in Linux kernel - CVE-2005-0179 

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#VU99935 Resource exhaustion in Linux kernel - CVE-2005-0179

Published: March 7, 2005 / Updated: October 11, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU99935
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2005-0179
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform service disruption.

Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) and bypass RLIM_MEMLOCK limits via the mlockall call.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's repository.

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