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CVE-2005-3356

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3356 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel 2.6.9, specifically within the mq_open system call. This flaw allows local users to trigger a system panic due to a double decrement of a counter during specific error conditions. With a low CVSS score of 2.1 and an attack vector requiring local access, the impact is limited to system availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.9:2.6.20:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0044 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-3356Important

security flaw

Jan 14, 2006

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
lists.suse.de / archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18510
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18527
secunia.com / advisories/18788
secunia.com / advisories/19038
secunia.com / advisories/19374
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/25302
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10731
usn.ubuntu.com / 244-1
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1017
kernel.org / git
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_06_kernel.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/16283