Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:23385Denial Of Service (DoS)
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
kernel is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). The vulnerability exists as a flaw was found in the Linux kernel setrlimit system call, when setting RLIMIT_CPU to a certain value. This could allow a local unprivileged user to bypass the CPU time limit.
References
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215000
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=9926e4c74300c4b31dee007298c6475d33369df0
kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22
secunia.com/advisories/30018
secunia.com/advisories/30769
secunia.com/advisories/31341
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1565
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0612.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/29004
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0612
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42145
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10974
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