CVE-2005-0403 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, specifically within the NPTL backport's tty_io.c, where the init_dev function fails to properly clear controlling TTYs in multi-threaded applications. This flaw allows local users to crash the system and potentially gain TTY access by triggering an access to a freed structure. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it is considered highly severe due to its local attack vector, low complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:advanced_servers:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:workstation:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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