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CVE-2005-0757

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-05-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 3.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 3.0

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/18056
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18059
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-294.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13680
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11406
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18056
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18059
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-294.html

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