CVE-2005-3660
Linux kernel 2.4 and 2.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion and panic) by creating a large number of connected file descriptors or socketpairs and setting a large data
02 Description
Linux kernel 2.4 and 2.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion and panic) by creating a large number of connected file descriptors or socketpairs and setting a large data
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 35.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-12-22 23:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 23:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-11-18
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c7f01fe51558e37f400574b2e3b3a8cc045100037965c32ba991f1a5fbe18701
05 Affected products
06 References
- securityreason.com291http://securityreason.com/securityalert/291
- www.securityfocus.com16041http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16041
- www.idefense.com20051222 Linux Kernel Socket Buffer Memory Exhaustion DoS Vulnerabilityhttp://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=362
- www.vupen.comADV-2005-3076http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3076
- securitytracker.com1015402http://securitytracker.com/id?1015402
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comkernel-socket-dos(23835)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23835
- secunia.com18205http://secunia.com/advisories/18205
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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