CVE-2005-2500

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-2500
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-08-08 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the xdr_xcode_array2 function in xdr.c in Linux kernel 2.6.12, as used in SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted XDR data for the nfsacl protocol.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
LKML: Andreas Gruenbacher: Re: Potential xdr_xcode_array2 security issue (was: Re: [PATCH] RPC: Encode and decode arbitrary XDR arrays) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lkml.org
LKML: Florian Weimer: Potential xdr_xcode_array2 security issue (was: Re: [PATCH] RPC: Encode and decode arbitrary XDR arrays) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lkml.org
linux.bkbits.net/linux-2.6/cset%4042b9c4fdYUuaq0joRUZi8W0Q-2hA1A af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 linux.bkbits.net
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Linux Kernel NFSACL Protocol XDR Data Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - Linux Kernel XDR Encode/Decode Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CONFIRM:http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@42b9c4fdYUuaq0joRUZi8W0Q-2hA1A MITRE linux.bkbits.net
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