CVE-2005-3181 describes a memory leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's audit system (versions 2.6.6 and prior to 2.6.13.4) when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled, affecting distributions like Canonical, Debian, and Mandriva. This flaw stems from using an incorrect function to free names_cache memory, leading to untracked memory consumption. With a low CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), it requires local access and has a potential impact of denial of service due to memory exhaustion. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.6.0, <= 2.6.13.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:linux:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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