MEDIUM
security flaw
Published Nov 23, 2005
4.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.45%
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.10
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11.1
- 2.6.11.2
- 2.6.11.3
- 2.6.11.4
- 2.6.11.5
- 2.6.11.6
- 2.6.11.7
- 2.6.11.8
- 2.6.11.9
- 2.6.11.10
- 2.6.11.11
- 2.6.11.12
- 2.6.12
- 2.6.12.1
- 2.6.12.2
- 2.6.12.3
- 2.6.12.4
- 2.6.12.5
- 2.6.12.6
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13.1
- 2.6.13.2
- 2.6.13.3
- 2.6.13.4
- 2.6.13.5
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.14.1
- 2.6.14.2
- 2.6.14.3
- 2.6.14.4
- 2.6.14.5
- 2.6.14.6
- 2.6.14.7
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
kernel-0:2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0101
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kernel-0:2.6.9-22.0.2.EL | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0101 |
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.
0.45% 0.00448
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00448
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.45% (0.00448) | 36.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.45% (0.00448) | 35.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 16.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 28.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 17, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 27.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 24.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 18, 2023 | 0.09% (0.00088) | 36.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 26.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (25)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17786 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17787 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17917 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17918 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18203 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18510 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19374 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7ed0175a462c4c30f6df6fac1cccac058f997739 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:018 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439623/100/100/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15625 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0070 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2649 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-3784 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=174078 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617839 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3784
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9080 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-3784
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 23, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 23, 2005
Link CVE-2005-3784
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a