CVE-2005-4881
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-200
Information Leak / Disclosure
Publication date:
19/10/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025
Description
The netlink subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.4.x before 2.4.37.6 and 2.6.x before 2.6.13-rc1 does not initialize certain padding fields in structures, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors, related to the (1) tc_fill_qdisc, (2) tcf_fill_node, (3) neightbl_fill_info, (4) neightbl_fill_param_info, (5) neigh_fill_info, (6) rtnetlink_fill_ifinfo, (7) rtnetlink_fill_iwinfo, (8) vif_delete, (9) ipmr_destroy_unres, (10) ipmr_cache_alloc_unres, (11) ipmr_cache_resolve, (12) inet6_fill_ifinfo, (13) tca_get_fill, (14) tca_action_flush, (15) tcf_add_notify, (16) tc_dump_action, (17) cbq_dump_police, (18) __nlmsg_put, (19) __rta_fill, (20) __rta_reserve, (21) inet6_fill_prefix, (22) rsvp_dump, and (23) cbq_dump_ovl functions.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
4.90
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3D0f3f2328f63c521fe4b435f148687452f98b2349
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3D30e744716c4a6cc4e8ecaaddf68f20057c03dc8d
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3D3408cce0c2f380884070896420ca566704452fb5
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3D8a47077a0b5aa2649751c46e7a27884e6686ccbf
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3D9ef1d4c7c7aca1cd436612b6ca785b726ffb8ed8
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3Db3563c4fbff906991a1b4ef4609f99cca2a0de6a
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html
- http://marc.info/?l=git-commits-head&m=112002138324380
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37084
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37909
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.37.6
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.13/ChangeLog-2.6.13-rc1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/05/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/06/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/07/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/9
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1522.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521601
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11744
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3D0f3f2328f63c521fe4b435f148687452f98b2349
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3D30e744716c4a6cc4e8ecaaddf68f20057c03dc8d
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3D3408cce0c2f380884070896420ca566704452fb5
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3D8a47077a0b5aa2649751c46e7a27884e6686ccbf
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3D9ef1d4c7c7aca1cd436612b6ca785b726ffb8ed8
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3Db3563c4fbff906991a1b4ef4609f99cca2a0de6a
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html
- http://marc.info/?l=git-commits-head&m=112002138324380
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37084
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37909
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.37.6
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.13/ChangeLog-2.6.13-rc1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/05/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/06/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/07/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/9
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1522.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521601
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11744