init_dev in tty_io.c in the Red Hat backport of NPTL to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 does not properly clear controlling tty's in multi-threaded applications, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly gain tty access via unknown attack vectors that trigger an access of a pointer to a freed structure.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2005-09-01T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:13:54.186Z

Reserved: 2005-02-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-0403

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-09-01T22:03:00.000

Modified: 2017-10-11T01:29:55.793

Link: CVE-2005-0403

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2005-03-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-0403 - Bugzilla