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CVE-2005-4605 Detail

Description

The procfs code (proc_misc.c) in Linux 2.6.14.3 and other versions before 2.6.15 allows attackers to read sensitive kernel memory via unspecified vectors in which a signed value is added to an unsigned value.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%4043b562ae6hJGLWZA4TNf2k-RzXnVlQ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/gnupatch%4043b562ae6hJGLWZA4TNf2k-RzXnVlQ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=113535380422339&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/18216 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/18351 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/18510 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/18527 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/18788 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/19038 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/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8b90db0df7187a01fb7177f1f812123138f562cf CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:040 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_06_kernel.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-January/msg00014.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16284 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23811 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11747 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://usn.ubuntu.com/244-1/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-4605
NVD Published Date:
12/31/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.