Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2005-0977 First vendor Publication 2005-05-02
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-11-07

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 2.1 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The shmem_nopage function in shmem.c for the tmpfs driver in Linux kernel 2.6 does not properly verify the address argument, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via an invalid address.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0977

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10400
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10400
Title: The shmem_nopage function in shmem.c for the tmpfs driver in Linux kernel 2.6 does not properly verify the address argument, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via an invalid address.
Description: The shmem_nopage function in shmem.c for the tmpfs driver in Linux kernel 2.6 does not properly verify the address argument, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via an invalid address.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2005-0977
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
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Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 16

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
15730 Linux Kernel shmem_nopage Function Invalid Address Local DoS

Redhat Linux Kernel 2.6 contains a flaw that may allow a local denial of service. The issue is triggered when shmem_nopage function in shmem.c for the tmpfs driver does not properly verify the address argument occurs, and will result in loss of availability for the system.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2006-07-05 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2005-366.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-103-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-04-19 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-366.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%40420551fbRlv9-QG6Gw9Lw_bKVfPSsg
Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12970
CONFIRM http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/2/5/111
FEDORA http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-366.html
UBUNTU https://usn.ubuntu.com/103-1/

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