CVE-2005-0384 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Linux kernel via the PPP driver, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-0384?
CVE-2005-0384 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 18 Mar 2005. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unknown vulnerability in the PPP driver for the Linux kernel 2.6.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a pppd client.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0384?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Redhat Enterprise Linux, Suse Suse Linux, Trustix Secure Linux, Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2005-0384?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2005-0384 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0384 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-vc4g-frxx-p9q9.