Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2005-2492
The raw_sendmsg function in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.13.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (change hardware state) or read from arbitrary memory via crafted input.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 3.6 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (37.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 37.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel — versions 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 4.10, 5.04
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 4.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14787 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/17073 (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22218 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-178-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.13.1
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html (vendor-advisory, Not Applicable)