Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 1, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2005-0403

Description

init_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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Affected products

Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Server3 versions
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:advanced_servers:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:advanced_servers:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Desktop
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7llm-fuzzy

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References

www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-293.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9435nvd

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