CVE-2005-3274 Race condition in n/a

Medium 4.7 Published Updated

Local users can cause a denial of service via a race condition in the Linux kernel's IPVS connection flushing mechanism on SMP systems.

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-2005-3274?

CVE-2005-3274 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 20 Oct 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Race condition in ip_vs_conn_flush in Linux 2.6 before 2.6.13 and 2.4 before 2.4.32-pre2, when running on SMP systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (null dereference) by causing a connection timer to expire while the connection table is being flushed before the appropriate lock is acquired.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3274?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2005-3274?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2005-3274 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3274 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-53p3-f48x-w9j5.

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