CVE-2005-2800

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.

CVSS v2.0 NVD

2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

0.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 57th percentile

Published

2005-09-06

Updated

2024-08-07

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26248

Security advisories

• http://secunia.com/advisories/17826
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17918
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18510
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19374
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14790
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry