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CVE-2005-0403

init_dev in tty_io.c in the Red Hat backport of NPTL to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 does not...

7.2 High

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.

Exploit likelihood

0.40%Down 0.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.2

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.

Record
CVE-2005-0403
CVSS 2.0
7.2 HighAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2005-0403
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2005-0404 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2005-0404
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h877-2mwm-jwf4 No score

init_dev in tty_io.c in the Red Hat backport of NPTL to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 does not...

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.

Record
GHSA-h877-2mwm-jwf4
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-BOOT
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-hugemem-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-smp-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-source
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-BOOT
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-hugemem-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-smp-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-source
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-BOOT
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-hugemem-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-smp-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-source
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-BOOT
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-hugemem-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-smp-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-source
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
kernel-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2005-0403 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published September 1, 2005. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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