CVE-2005-0003 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2005-0003 at MITRE

Description

The 64 bit ELF support in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.10, on 64-bit architectures, does not properly check for overlapping VMA (virtual memory address) allocations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted ELF or a.out file.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently not rated by SUSE as it is not affecting the SUSE Enterprise products.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	2.1
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Partial

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 64493 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 64896 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SA:2005:018, published Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:00:00 +0000

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 00:54:31 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:14:37 2025