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CVE-2005-2490

Published: Sep 14, 2005 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2490
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.0 (including)2.6.0 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.0-test1 (including)2.6.0-test1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.0-test10 (including)2.6.0-test10 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.0-test11 (including)2.6.0-test11 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.0-test2 (including)2.6.0-test2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.0-test3 (including)2.6.0-test3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.0-test4 (including)2.6.0-test4 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.0-test5 (including)2.6.0-test5 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.0-test6 (including)2.6.0-test6 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.0-test7 (including)2.6.0-test7 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.0-test8 (including)2.6.0-test8 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.0-test9 (including)2.6.0-test9 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.1 (including)2.6.1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.1-rc1 (including)2.6.1-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.1-rc2 (including)2.6.1-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.2 (including)2.6.2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.3 (including)2.6.3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.4 (including)2.6.4 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.5 (including)2.6.5 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.6 (including)2.6.6 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.6-rc1 (including)2.6.6-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.7 (including)2.6.7 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.7-rc1 (including)2.6.7-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.8 (including)2.6.8 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.8-rc1 (including)2.6.8-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.8-rc2 (including)2.6.8-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.8-rc3 (including)2.6.8-rc3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.9-2.6.20 (including)2.6.9-2.6.20 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.10 (including)2.6.10 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.10-rc2 (including)2.6.10-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.11 (including)2.6.11 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.11-rc2 (including)2.6.11-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.11-rc3 (including)2.6.11-rc3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.11-rc4 (including)2.6.11-rc4 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.11.5 (including)2.6.11.5 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.11.6 (including)2.6.11.6 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.11.7 (including)2.6.11.7 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.11.8 (including)2.6.11.8 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.11.11 (including)2.6.11.11 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.12-rc1 (including)2.6.12-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.12-rc4 (including)2.6.12-rc4 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6_test9_cvs (including)2.6_test9_cvs (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatkernel-0:2.4.21-37.EL*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatkernel-0:2.6.9-22.EL*
Linux-source-2.6.15Ubuntudapper*
Linux-source-2.6.17Ubuntuedgy*

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