The auto-reap of child processes in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.15 includes processes with ptrace attached, which leads to a dangling ptrace reference and allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and gain root privileges.
                
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                    21 Nov 2024, 00:02
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| References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/17786 - Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/17787 - | |
| References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/17917 - Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/17918 - Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/18203 - Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/18510 - Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/19374 - Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 - | |
| References | () http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7ed0175a462c4c30f6df6fac1cccac058f997739 - | |
| References | () http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:018 - | |
| References | () http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html - | |
| References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806 - | |
| References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded - | |
| References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded - | |
| References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439623/100/100/threaded - | |
| References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15625 - | |
| References | () http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0070 - | |
| References | () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2649 - Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=174078 - | |
| References | () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9080 - | |
| References | () https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/ - | 
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Information
                Published : 2005-11-23 21:03
Updated : 2025-04-03 01:03
NVD link : CVE-2005-3784
Mitre link : CVE-2005-3784
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2005-3784
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Products Affected
                linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-399
                        
            Resource Management Errors
