National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-2490

Overview

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

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 incomplete approximation):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: MISC

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=166248

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=166248

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 16747

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/16747/

External Source: XF

Name: kernel-sendmsg-bo(22217)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/22217

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2005-1878

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1878

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-178-1

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-178-1

External Source: BID

Name: 14785

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14785

External Source: MANDRAKE

Name: MDKSA-2005:220

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220

External Source: MANDRAKE

Name: MDKSA-2005:219

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.13.1

Hyperlink:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.13.1

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10481

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10481

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FLSA:157459-2

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FLSA:157459-1

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FLSA:157459-3

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2005:068

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2005:663

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2005:514

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2005:235

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:235

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2005:220

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2005:219

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1017

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19374

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19374

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 17918

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17918

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 17826

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17826

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 17073

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17073

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 17002

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17002

External Source: TRUSTIX

Name: 2005-0049

Hyperlink:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=112690609622266&w=2

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10481

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10481