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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.9

CVE-2005-3784 json

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 ptrac…

published 2005-11-23 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-3779

cvss
4.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • kernel RHEL 4 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
  • kernel-smp RHEL 4 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
  • kernel-hugemem RHEL 4 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL

red hat advisories RHSA-2006:0101

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-3784 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 kernel 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 kernel 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 kernel 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 kernel 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0101

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Exploit prediction

0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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