Vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
CVE-2005-2100
The rw_vm function in usercopy.c in the 4GB split patch for the Linux kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 does not perform proper bounds checking, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash).
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (31.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 31.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 4.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 4.0
References
- secunia.com/advisories/17073 (third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11556 (signature, vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Patch)