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CVE-2005-2709

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
Publication date:
20/11/2005
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

The sysctl functionality (sysctl.c) in Linux kernel before 2.6.14.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel oops) and possibly execute code by opening an interface file in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/, waiting until the interface is unregistered, then obtaining and modifying function pointers in memory that was used for the ctl_table.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.6.14 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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