National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-2492

Overview

The raw_sendmsg function in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.13.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (change hardware state) or read from arbitrary memory via crafted input.

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=166830

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=166830

External Source: XF

Name: kernel-rawsendmsg-obtain-information(22218)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/22218

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-178-1

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

External Source: BID

Name: 14787

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14787

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2005:220

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

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: SECUNIA

Name: 16747

Type: Advisory

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

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11031

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11031

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-2005:514

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: SECUNIA

Name: 17918

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 17073

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

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:11031

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

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11031