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FKIE_CVE-2005-4618

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-12-31 05:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:19
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/18216Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/18527Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/19369Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/19374Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8febdd85adaa41fa1fc1cb31286210fc2cd3ed0c
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:040
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16141Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0035
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/244-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/18216Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/18527Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/19369Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/19374Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8febdd85adaa41fa1fc1cb31286210fc2cd3ed0c
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:040
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16141Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0035
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/244-1/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux linux_kernel 2.6.1
linux linux_kernel 2.6.1
linux linux_kernel 2.6.1
linux linux_kernel 2.6.2
linux linux_kernel 2.6.3
linux linux_kernel 2.6.4
linux linux_kernel 2.6.5
linux linux_kernel 2.6.6
linux linux_kernel 2.6.6
linux linux_kernel 2.6.7
linux linux_kernel 2.6.7
linux linux_kernel 2.6.8
linux linux_kernel 2.6.8
linux linux_kernel 2.6.8
linux linux_kernel 2.6.8
linux linux_kernel 2.6.9
linux linux_kernel 2.6.10
linux linux_kernel 2.6.10
linux linux_kernel 2.6.11
linux linux_kernel 2.6.11
linux linux_kernel 2.6.11
linux linux_kernel 2.6.11
linux linux_kernel 2.6.11.5
linux linux_kernel 2.6.11.6
linux linux_kernel 2.6.11.7
linux linux_kernel 2.6.11.8
linux linux_kernel 2.6.11.11
linux linux_kernel 2.6.11.12
linux linux_kernel 2.6.12
linux linux_kernel 2.6.12
linux linux_kernel 2.6.12
linux linux_kernel 2.6.12.1
linux linux_kernel 2.6.12.2
linux linux_kernel 2.6.12.3
linux linux_kernel 2.6.12.4
linux linux_kernel 2.6.12.5
linux linux_kernel 2.6.12.6
linux linux_kernel 2.6.13
linux linux_kernel 2.6.13
linux linux_kernel 2.6.13
linux linux_kernel 2.6.13
linux linux_kernel 2.6.13
linux linux_kernel 2.6.13.1
linux linux_kernel 2.6.13.2
linux linux_kernel 2.6.13.3
linux linux_kernel 2.6.13.4
linux linux_kernel 2.6.14
linux linux_kernel 2.6.14
linux linux_kernel 2.6.14
linux linux_kernel 2.6.14
linux linux_kernel 2.6.14
linux linux_kernel 2.6.14.1
linux linux_kernel 2.6.14.2
linux linux_kernel 2.6.14.3
linux linux_kernel 2.6.14.4
linux linux_kernel 2.6.14.5
linux linux_kernel 2.6.15
linux linux_kernel 2.6.15
linux linux_kernel 2.6.15
linux linux_kernel 2.6_test9_cvs

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