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CVE-2005-3359

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3359 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel's atm module (versions prior to 2.6.14). A local attacker can trigger a system panic by manipulating socket calls, leading to inconsistent reference counts in loadable protocol modules. With a CVSS score of 4.9, this vulnerability is of low severity, requiring local access and having a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:64-bit_x86:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:itanium_ia64_montecito:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test10:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
43.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0056 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-3359Important

security flaw

Dec 14, 2005

References

linux.bkbits.net / linux-2.6/cset%404339c66aLroC1_zunYKhEIbtIWrnwg
bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19220
secunia.com / advisories/20237
secunia.com / advisories/20914
secunia.com / advisories/21745
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10214
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm
usn.ubuntu.com / 263-1
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1103
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0493.html
securityfocus.com / bid/17078
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2554