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CVE-2005-0003

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-04-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The 64 bit ELF support in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.10, on 64-bit architectures, does not properly check for overlapping VMA (virtual memory address) allocations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted ELF or a.out file.

Affected products

• Avaya Converged Communications Server: 2.0
• Avaya Intuity Audix: all versions
• Avaya Mn100: all versions
• Avaya Modular Messaging Message Storage Server: 1.1, 2.0
• Avaya Network Routing: all versions
• Avaya S8300: r2.0.0, r2.0.1
• Avaya S8500: r2.0.0, r2.0.1
• Avaya S8700: r2.0.0, r2.0.1
• Avaya S8710: r2.0.0, r2.0.1
• Linux kernel: 2.4.0, 2.4.0-test1, 2.4.0-test10, 2.4.0-test11, 2.4.0-test12, 2.4.0-test2 (+62)
• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: 9.2, 10.0, 10.1
• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server: 2.1, 3.0
• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Multi Network Firewall: 8.2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 3.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 3.0

References

• http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%4041c36fb6q1Z68WUzKQFjJR-40Ev3tw
• http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%4041a6721cce-LoPqkzKXudYby_3TUmg
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20163
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20202
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20338
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1012885
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:022
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_kernel.html

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