CVE-2005-4618
3.6 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
5.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.3%
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.
Affected configurations
References
kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15
secunia.com/advisories/18216
secunia.com/advisories/18527
secunia.com/advisories/19369
secunia.com/advisories/19374
www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017
www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018
www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8febdd85adaa41fa1fc1cb31286210fc2cd3ed0c
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:040
www.securityfocus.com/bid/16141
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0035
usn.ubuntu.com/244-1/
Related
3.6 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
5.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.3%