CVE-2005-0403

NameCVE-2005-0403
Descriptioninit_dev in tty_io.c in the Red Hat backport of NPTL to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 does not properly clear controlling tty's in multi-threaded applications, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly gain tty access via unknown attack vectors that trigger an access of a pointer to a freed structure.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
glibc (PTS)buster2.28-10+deb10u1fixed
buster (security)2.28-10+deb10u2fixed
bullseye2.31-13+deb11u8fixed
bullseye (security)2.31-13+deb11u7fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)2.36-9+deb12u4fixed
trixie2.37-15fixed
sid2.37-15.1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
glibcsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- glibc <not-affected> (Specific to the NPTL backport for RHEL 3)

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