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CVE-2005-2490

Stack-based buffer overflow in the sendmsg function call in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.13.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by calling sendmsg and modifying the message contents in another thread.

Published

2005-09-14T19:03:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.0	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.0	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.0	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.0	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.0	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.0	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.0	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.0	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.0	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.0	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.0	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.0	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.1	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.1	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.1	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.2	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.3	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.4	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.5	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.6	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.6	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.7	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.7	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.8	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.8	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.8	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.8	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.9	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.10	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.10	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.11	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.11	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.11	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.11	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.11.5	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.11.6	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.11.7	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.11.8	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.11.11	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.12	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6.12	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6_test9_cvs	Yes

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112690609622266&w=2 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/16747/ Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/17002 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/17073 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/17918 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/19374 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 ([email protected])
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.13.1 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:235 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html ([email protected])
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1878 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=166248 Patch ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22217 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10481 ([email protected])
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112690609622266&w=2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/16747/ Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17002 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17073 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17918 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
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http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.13.1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14785 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-178-1 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1878 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=166248 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22217 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10481 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)