CVE-2005-3271 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2005-3271 at MITRE

Description

Exec in Linux kernel 2.6 does not properly clear posix-timers in multi-threaded environments, which results in a resource leak and could allow a large number of multiple local users to cause a denial of service by using more posix-timers than specified by the quota for a single user.

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: 129645 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 129646 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SA:2005:067, published Tue, 06 Dec 2005 13:00:00 +0000

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 02:06:47 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:14:42 2025