Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2005-2459 First vendor Publication 2005-08-23
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2018-10-19

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:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The huft_build function in inflate.c in the zlib routines in the Linux kernel before 2.6.12.5 returns the wrong value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a certain compressed file that leads to a null pointer dereference, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2458.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2459

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 1
Os 63

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for Linux kernel
File : nvt/sles9p5012519.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 921-1 (kernel-source-2.4.27)
File : nvt/deb_921_1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 922-1 (kernel-source-2.4.27)
File : nvt/deb_922_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
19028 Linux Kernel zlib inflate.c huft_build Function Null Pointer Dereference Loca...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2006-10-14 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-921.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-10-14 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-922.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-219.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-169-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-05 Name : The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch
File : suse_SA_2005_050.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14720
CONFIRM http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.12.5
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922
MANDRAKE http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220
MISC http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94584
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/16355/
http://secunia.com/advisories/16500
http://secunia.com/advisories/17826
http://secunia.com/advisories/17918
http://secunia.com/advisories/18056
http://secunia.com/advisories/18059
SUSE http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_50_kernel.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded
UBUNTU https://usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/

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