Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2005-2100 First vendor Publication 2005-10-25
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-10-11

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 rw_vm function in usercopy.c in the 4GB split patch for the Linux kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 does not perform proper bounds checking, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash).

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2100

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11556
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11556
Title: The rw_vm function in usercopy.c in the 4GB split patch for the Linux kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 does not perform proper bounds checking, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash).
Description: The rw_vm function in usercopy.c in the 4GB split patch for the Linux kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 does not perform proper bounds checking, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash).
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2005-2100
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 3
Os 1

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
20424 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Kernel usercopy.c rw_vm() Function Local Overflow DoS

A local overflow exists in the kernel of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The 'rw_vm()' function in 'usercopy.c' fails to perform proper bounds checking resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted request, a malicious user can cause the kernel to crash resulting in a loss of availability.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2006-07-05 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2005-514.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-11 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-514.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
CONFIRM https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=165547
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/17073

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