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 transfer buffer, then preventing Linux from being able to finish the transfer by causing the process to become a zombie, or closing the file descriptor without closing an associated reference.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-12-22T23:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:17:23.410Z

Reserved: 2005-11-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-3660

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-12-22T23:03:00.000

Modified: 2017-07-11T01:33:16.393

Link: CVE-2005-3660

cve-icon Redhat

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