CVE-2005-3784

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Debian GNU/Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.15 SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to multiple vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, which can lead to a violation of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. These vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely. The auto-reap of child processes in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.15 includes processes with ptrace attached, which leads to a dangling ptrace reference and allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and gain root privileges.

Recommendations For Debian GNU/Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.15, update to a version 2.6.15 or later to resolve the issue. For SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.