VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2005-3784
CVSS score4.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.45%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-11-23
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Description
The auto-reap of child processes in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.15 includes processes with ptrace attached, which leads to a dangling ptrace reference and allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and gain root privileges.
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
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- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
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- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org