CVE-2005-3783 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Linux kernel versions before 2.6.14.2. Specifically, the ptrace functionality, when used with CLONE_THREAD, fails to properly verify if it is attaching to itself, allowing a local user to crash the system. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with the primary impact being system availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.