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CVE-2005-4798 Detail

Description

Buffer overflow in NFS readlink handling in the Linux Kernel 2.4 up to 2.4.31 allows remote NFS servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long symlink, which is not properly handled in (1) nfs2xdr.c or (2) nfs3xdr.c and causes a crash in the NFS client.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/20398
http://secunia.com/advisories/20398
http://secunia.com/advisories/22082
http://secunia.com/advisories/22082
http://secunia.com/advisories/22093
http://secunia.com/advisories/22093
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1183
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1183
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/marcelo/linux-2.4.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=87e03738fc15dc3ea4acde3a5dcb5f84b6b6152b
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/marcelo/linux-2.4.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=87e03738fc15dc3ea4acde3a5dcb5f84b6b6152b
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/marcelo/linux-2.4.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=87e03738fc15dc3ea4acde3a5dcb5f84b6b6152b
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/marcelo/linux-2.4.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=87e03738fc15dc3ea4acde3a5dcb5f84b6b6152b
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20186
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20186
http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0509.1/1333.html
http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0509.1/1333.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11536
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11536

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-4798
NVD Published Date:
12/31/2005
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE