Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 ext3 File System denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the component ext3 File System. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2005-0757. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component ext3 File System. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

The xattr file system code, as backported in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 on 64-bit systems, does not properly handle certain offsets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via certain actions on an ext3 file system with extended attributes enabled.

The weakness was published 05/18/2005 (Website). The advisory is available at redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-0757 since 03/17/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21801 (CentOS 3 : kernel (CESA-2005:294)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117939 (CentOS Security Update for Kernel (CESA-2005:294)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (21808), Tenable (21801), SecurityFocus (BID 13680†), OSVDB (16687†) and Secunia (SA18056†). Similar entries are available at VDB-23202, VDB-25377, VDB-26613 and VDB-26612. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 21801
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 : kernel (CESA-2005:294)
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OpenVAS ID: 56013
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 921-1 (kernel-source-2.4.27)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/17/2005 🔍
05/18/2005 +62 days 🔍
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05/19/2005 +1 days 🔍
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12/15/2005 +204 days 🔍
07/03/2006 +200 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +3173 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: redhat.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-0757 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0757
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25250

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X-Force: 21808
SecurityFocus: 13680 - Linux Kernel 64 Bit EXT3 Filesystem Extended Attribute Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 18056 - Debian update for kernel-source-2.6.8, Less Critical
OSVDB: 16687 - CVE-2005-0757 - Red Hat - Enterprise Linux - Denial Of Service Issue
Vulnerability Center: 8123 - Local DoS in Linux Kernel 2.4.* on 64 Bit Systems via Ext3 File System, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 07/04/2025 20:28
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (75), 06/01/2019 21:14 (7), 07/04/2025 20:28 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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