CVE-2005-2800 - Memory leak in the seq_file implementation in the SCSI procfs interface (sg.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.1

CVE-2005-2800

Summary

Memory leak in the seq_file implementation in the SCSI procfs interface (sg.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.13 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via certain repeated reads from the /proc/scsi/sg/devices file, which is not properly handled when the next() iterator returns NULL or an error.

References

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.9:2.6.20:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.9:2.6.20:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	2.1 (as of 19-10-2018 - 15:33)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

CWE-399

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
LOCAL	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	NONE	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

oval via4

accepted

2014-06-09T04:01:50.615-04:00

class

vulnerability

contributors

name Aharon Chernin
organization SCAP.com, LLC
name Dragos Prisaca
organization G2, Inc.
name Jerome Athias
organization McAfee, Inc.

definition_extensions

comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11831
comment CentOS Linux 4.x
oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16636
comment Oracle Linux 4.x
oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15990

description

Memory leak in the seq_file implemenetation in the SCSI procfs interface (sg.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.13 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via certain repeated reads from the /proc/scsi/sg/devices file, which is not properly handled when the next() iterator returns NULL or an error.

family

unix

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9954

status

accepted

submitted

2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00

title

version

redhat via4

advisories

rhsa

id	RHSA-2006:0101

rpms

kernel-0:2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
kernel-debuginfo-0:2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
kernel-devel-0:2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
kernel-doc-0:2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
kernel-hugemem-0:2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel-0:2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
kernel-smp-0:2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
kernel-smp-devel-0:2.6.9-22.0.2.EL

refmap via4

bid	14790
confirm	http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=729d70f5dfd663b44bca68a4479c96bde7e535d6
debian	DSA-1017
fedora	FLSA:157459-3
mandrake	MDKSA-2005:218 MDKSA-2005:219 MDKSA-2005:220
secunia	17826 17918 18510 19374
suse	SUSE-SA:2005:068

Last major update

19-10-2018 - 15:33

Published

06-09-2005 - 17:03

Last modified

19-10-2018 - 15:33