ID CVE-2005-3106
Summary Race condition in Linux 2.6, when threads are sharing memory mapping via CLONE_VM (such as linuxthreads and vfork), might allow local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by triggering a core dump while waiting for a thread that has just performed an exec.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 1.2 (as of 15-02-2024 - 20:19)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE CWE-667
CAPEC
  • Leveraging Race Conditions via Symbolic Links
    This attack leverages the use of symbolic links (Symlinks) in order to write to sensitive files. An attacker can create a Symlink link to a target file not otherwise accessible to her. When the privileged program tries to create a temporary file with the same name as the Symlink link, it will actually write to the target file pointed to by the attackers' Symlink link. If the attacker can insert malicious content in the temporary file she will be writing to the sensitive file by using the Symlink. The race occurs because the system checks if the temporary file exists, then creates the file. The attacker would typically create the Symlink during the interval between the check and the creation of the temporary file.
  • Forced Deadlock
    The adversary triggers and exploits a deadlock condition in the target software to cause a denial of service. A deadlock can occur when two or more competing actions are waiting for each other to finish, and thus neither ever does. Deadlock conditions can be difficult to detect.
  • Leveraging Race Conditions
    The adversary targets a race condition occurring when multiple processes access and manipulate the same resource concurrently, and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which the access takes place. The adversary can leverage a race condition by "running the race", modifying the resource and modifying the normal execution flow. For instance, a race condition can occur while accessing a file: the adversary can trick the system by replacing the original file with his version and cause the system to read the malicious file.
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
LOCAL HIGH NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
NONE NONE PARTIAL
cvss-vector via4 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
oval via4
accepted 2013-04-29T04:18:16.431-04:00
class vulnerability
contributors
  • name Aharon Chernin
    organization SCAP.com, LLC
  • name Dragos Prisaca
    organization G2, Inc.
definition_extensions
  • comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11831
  • comment CentOS Linux 4.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16636
  • comment Oracle Linux 4.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15990
description Race condition in Linux 2.6, when threads are sharing memory mapping via CLONE_VM (such as linuxthreads and vfork), might allow local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by triggering a core dump while waiting for a thread that has just performed an exec.
family unix
id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9108
status accepted
submitted 2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00
title Race condition in Linux 2.6, when threads are sharing memory mapping via CLONE_VM (such as linuxthreads and vfork), might allow local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by triggering a core dump while waiting for a thread that has just performed an exec.
version 29
redhat via4
advisories
rhsa
id RHSA-2006:0101
rpms
  • kernel-0:2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
  • kernel-devel-0:2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
  • kernel-doc-0:2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
  • kernel-hugemem-0:2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
  • kernel-hugemem-devel-0:2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
  • kernel-smp-0:2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
  • kernel-smp-devel-0:2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
refmap via4
bid 15049
confirm http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/diffs/fs/exec.c@1.156?nav=index.html|src/|src/fs|hist/fs/exec.c
debian DSA-922
fedora FLSA:157459-3
mandriva MDKSA-2006:072
secunia
  • 17141
  • 18056
  • 18510
ubuntu USN-199-1
Last major update 15-02-2024 - 20:19
Published 30-09-2005 - 10:05
Last modified 15-02-2024 - 20:19
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