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    CVE-2005-3784

    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.

    Published:Nov 10, 2005
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Nov 23, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.00062
    CVSS Score:4.9

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Linux
    Product
    Linux Kernel
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://secunia.com/advisories/17786
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17787
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17917
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17918
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18203
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18510
    http://secunia.com/advisories/19374
    http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7ed0175a462c4c30f6df6fac1cccac058f997739
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:018
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439623/100/100/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15625
    http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0070
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2649
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=174078
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9080
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17786
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17787
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17917
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17918
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18203
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18510
    http://secunia.com/advisories/19374
    http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7ed0175a462c4c30f6df6fac1cccac058f997739
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:018
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439623/100/100/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15625
    http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0070
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2649
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=174078
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9080
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High