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CVE-2005-1369

The (1) it87 and (2) via686a drivers in I2C for Linux 2.6.x before 2.6.11.8, and 2.6.12 before 2.6.12-rc2, create the sysfs "alarms" file with write permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by attempting to write to the file, which does not have an associated store function.

Published

2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.0 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.1 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.1 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.1 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.2 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.3 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.4 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.5 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.6 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.7 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.8 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.8.1 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.9 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.10 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.10 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.11 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 2.6.12 Yes
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