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CVE-2005-4635

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

Description

The nl_fib_input function in fib_frontend.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.15 does not check for valid lengths of the header and payload, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory reference) via malformed fib_lookup netlink messages.

Impact

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

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.15:pre16:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.15_pre20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.16:pre6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.27:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.3.99:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.3.99:pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.3.99:pre3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.3.99:pre4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.3.99:pre5:*:*:*:*:*:*

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