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CVE-2005-2456

Date: August 3, 2005

Array index overflow in the xfrm_sk_policy_insert function in xfrm_user.c in Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops or deadlock) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a p->dir value that is larger than XFRM_POLICY_OUT, which is used as an index in the sock->sk_policy array.

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (26)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2456

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/16500

Url: http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_50_kernel.html

Url: http://www.mail-archive.com/netdev%40vger.kernel.org/msg00520.html

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21710

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/18056

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14477

Url: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bh=8da3e25b2c4c1f305fd85428d3a9eb62b543bfba%3Bhp=ecade4893a139cc35d4fe345ce70242ede5358c4%3Bhb=a4f1bac62564049ea4718c4624b0fadc9f597c84%3Bf=net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10858

Url: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a4f1bac62564049ea4718c4624b0fadc9f597c84

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/17826

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/17002

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/16298

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1878

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/18059

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/17073

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2005-2456

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2005-2456

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Locking

CWE-667

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	2.1
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2005-2456

Date: August 3, 2005

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CVSS v3.1

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