CVE-2005-2709 (GCVE-0-2005-2709)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2005-11-20 22:00
Modified
2024-08-07 22:45
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The sysctl functionality (sysctl.c) in Linux kernel before 2.6.14.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel oops) and possibly execute code by opening an interface file in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/, waiting until the interface is unregistered, then obtaining and modifying function pointers in memory that was used for the ctl_table.
References
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0140.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/18684 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.14.1 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/19369 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2359 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/17541 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015434 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.osvdb.org/20676 vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
https://usn.ubuntu.com/219-1/ vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://secunia.com/advisories/17648 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0190.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/18510 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23040 vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10746 vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL
http://secunia.com/advisories/17504 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:059 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://secunia.com/advisories/19374 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0191.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/18562 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15365 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
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