CVE-2005-3181 Denial of service in n/a
A memory leak in the Linux kernel audit system allows local attackers to exhaust system memory and cause denial of service when auditing is enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-3181?
CVE-2005-3181 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 11 Oct 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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).
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3181?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel, Mandriva Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2005-3181?
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-2005-3181 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3181 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-433r-f7hr-hvfv.