MEDIUM
Linux kernel 2.4 and 2.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion and panic) by creating a large number of connected file descriptors or socketpairs and setting a large data transfer buffer, then preventing Linux from being able to finish the transfer by causing the process to become a zombie, or closing the file descriptor without closing an associated reference
Published Dec 22, 2005
4.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.40%
Description
Linux kernel 2.4 and 2.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion and panic) by creating a large number of connected file descriptors or socketpairs and setting a large data transfer buffer, then preventing Linux from being able to finish the transfer by causing the process to become a zombie, or closing the file descriptor without closing an associated reference.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.1
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- 2.4.3
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- 2.4.6
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- 2.4.23
- 2.4.23
- 2.4.23_ow2
- 2.4.24
- 2.4.24_ow1
- 2.4.25
- 2.4.26
- 2.4.27
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- 2.4.27
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- 2.4.32
- 2.5.0
- 2.5.1
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- 2.6.0
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- 2.6.14.1
- 2.6.14.2
- 2.6.14.3
- 2.6.15
- 2.6.15
- 2.6_test9_cvs
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.9 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.40% 0.00402
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00402
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00402) | 31.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00402) | 31.69th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00055) | 14.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00059) | 26.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00070) | 30.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00070) | 28.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18205 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/291 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015402 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=362 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16041 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3076 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23835 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18205 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/291 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1015402 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=362 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16041 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3076 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23835 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 22, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 18, 2005
Link CVE-2005-3660
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a