cve/2005/CVE-2005-3181.md

CVE-2005-3181

Description

The audit system in Linux kernel 2.6.6, and other versions before 2.6.13.4, when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled, uses an incorrect function to free names_cache memory, which prevents the memory from being tracked by AUDITSYSCALL code and leads to a memory leak that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).

POC

Reference

• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-808.html
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9467

Github

• https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cve-scores