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CVE-2005-2490 Detail

Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112690609622266&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/16747/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17002 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/17073 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/17918 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/19374 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.13.1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:235 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14785 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-178-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1878 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=166248 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22217 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10481 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-2490
NVD Published Date:
09/14/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.