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CVE-2005-4618

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
31/12/2005
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

Buffer overflow in sysctl in the Linux Kernel 2.6 before 2.6.15 allows local users to corrupt user memory and possibly cause a denial of service via a long string, which causes sysctl to write a zero byte outside the buffer. NOTE: since the sysctl is called from a userland program that provides the argument, this might not be a vulnerability, unless a legitimate user-assisted or setuid scenario can be identified.

Impact

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

Base Score: 3.60 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

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

Base Score 2.0
3.60
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test10:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test11:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test8:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test9:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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