MEDIUM
security flaw
Published Nov 27, 2005
4.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.84%
Description
The time_out_leases function in locks.c for Linux kernel before 2.6.15-rc3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel log message consumption) by causing a large number of broken leases, which is recorded to the log using the printk function.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 2.6.15
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.2
- 2.6.2
- 2.6.2
- 2.6.2
- 2.6.3
- 2.6.3
- 2.6.3
- 2.6.3
- 2.6.3
- 2.6.4
- 2.6.4
- 2.6.4
- 2.6.4
- 2.6.5
- 2.6.5
- 2.6.5
- 2.6.5
- 2.6.6
- 2.6.6
- 2.6.6
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- 2.6.7
- 2.6.7
- 2.6.7
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.8.1
- 2.6.9
- 2.6.9
- 2.6.9
- 2.6.9
- 2.6.9
- 2.6.10
- 2.6.10
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- 2.6.11
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- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11.1
- 2.6.11.2
- 2.6.11.3
- 2.6.11.4
- 2.6.11.5
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- 2.6.12.1
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- 2.6.12.3
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- 2.6.12.5
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- 2.6.13
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- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13
- 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
- 2.6.14
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- 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
- 2.6.15
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
kernel-0:2.4.21-37.0.1.EL
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0140
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 3 | kernel-0:2.4.21-37.0.1.EL | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0140 |
| 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.
0.84% 0.00838
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00838
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.84% (0.00838) | 56.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.84% (0.00838) | 52.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.23% (0.00233) | 44.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 22, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 84.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 82.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 65.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (30)
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=113175851920568&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=113190437101622&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17786 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17787 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/18562 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19369 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19374 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19607 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018 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-2006:072 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0140.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15627 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-2005-3857 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=174337 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617842 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3857
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9727 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/231-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-3857
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 27, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 27, 2005
Link CVE-2005-3857
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a