CVE
- Id
- 14864
- CVE No.
- CVE-2005-3660
- Status
- Candidate
- Description
- Linux kernel 2.4 and 2.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion and panic) by creating a large number of connected file descriptors or socketpairs and setting a large data transfer buffer, then preventing Linux from being able to finish the transfer by causing the process to become a zombie, or closing the file descriptor without closing an associated reference.
- Phase
- Assigned (20051118)
- Votes
- None (candidate not yet proposed)
- Comments