CVE-2005-0756 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel (versions up to 2.6.8.1) on amd64 platforms, specifically due to improper address verification in the ptrace function. This flaw allows a local attacker to trigger a kernel crash. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), indicating local access and low attack complexity leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, with only one mention and one article found.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.