Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2005-4881 First vendor Publication 2009-10-19
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:C/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 4.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The netlink subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.4.x before 2.4.37.6 and 2.6.x before 2.6.13-rc1 does not initialize certain padding fields in structures, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors, related to the (1) tc_fill_qdisc, (2) tcf_fill_node, (3) neightbl_fill_info, (4) neightbl_fill_param_info, (5) neigh_fill_info, (6) rtnetlink_fill_ifinfo, (7) rtnetlink_fill_iwinfo, (8) vif_delete, (9) ipmr_destroy_unres, (10) ipmr_cache_alloc_unres, (11) ipmr_cache_resolve, (12) inet6_fill_ifinfo, (13) tca_get_fill, (14) tca_action_flush, (15) tcf_add_notify, (16) tc_dump_action, (17) cbq_dump_police, (18) __nlmsg_put, (19) __rta_fill, (20) __rta_reserve, (21) inet6_fill_prefix, (22) rsvp_dump, and (23) cbq_dump_ovl functions.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4881

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-200 Information Exposure

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11744
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11744
Title: The netlink subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.4.x before 2.4.37.6 and 2.6.x before 2.6.13-rc1 does not initialize certain padding fields in structures, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors, related to the (1) tc_fill_qdisc, (2) tcf_fill_node, (3) neightbl_fill_info, (4) neightbl_fill_param_info, (5) neigh_fill_info, (6) rtnetlink_fill_ifinfo, (7) rtnetlink_fill_iwinfo, (8) vif_delete, (9) ipmr_destroy_unres, (10) ipmr_cache_alloc_unres, (11) ipmr_cache_resolve, (12) inet6_fill_ifinfo, (13) tca_get_fill, (14) tca_action_flush, (15) tcf_add_notify, (16) tc_dump_action, (17) cbq_dump_police, (18) __nlmsg_put, (19) __rta_fill, (20) __rta_reserve, (21) inet6_fill_prefix, (22) rsvp_dump, and (23) cbq_dump_ovl functions.
Description: The netlink subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.4.x before 2.4.37.6 and 2.6.x before 2.6.13-rc1 does not initialize certain padding fields in structures, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors, related to the (1) tc_fill_qdisc, (2) tcf_fill_node, (3) neightbl_fill_info, (4) neightbl_fill_param_info, (5) neigh_fill_info, (6) rtnetlink_fill_ifinfo, (7) rtnetlink_fill_iwinfo, (8) vif_delete, (9) ipmr_destroy_unres, (10) ipmr_cache_alloc_unres, (11) ipmr_cache_resolve, (12) inet6_fill_ifinfo, (13) tca_get_fill, (14) tca_action_flush, (15) tcf_add_notify, (16) tc_dump_action, (17) cbq_dump_police, (18) __nlmsg_put, (19) __rta_fill, (20) __rta_reserve, (21) inet6_fill_prefix, (22) rsvp_dump, and (23) cbq_dump_ovl functions.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2005-4881
 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 97

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2009:1522 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1522_kernel_centos4_i386.nasl
2009-12-10 Name : SuSE Security Advisory SUSE-SA:2009:060 (kernel)
File : nvt/suse_sa_2009_060.nasl
2009-12-03 Name : SLES11: Security update for Linux kernel
File : nvt/sles11_ext4dev-kmp-def4.nasl
2009-11-23 Name : Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:301 (kernel)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_301.nasl
2009-10-27 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1522
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1522.nasl
2009-10-27 Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:1522 (kernel)
File : nvt/ovcesa2009_1522.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
59221 Linux Kernel netlink Subsystem Multiple Function Local Kernel Memory Disclosure

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1522.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20091022_kernel_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-05-17 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_kernel-6697.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-05-17 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_kernel-6730.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-10-11 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_kernel-6694.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-07-30 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-329.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-23 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_kernel-6726.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-03 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_kernel-091123.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-01 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_1_kernel-091123.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-10-27 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-1522.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-10-23 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1522.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba=commi...
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba=commi...
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba=commi...
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3...
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3...
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3...
Source Url
CONFIRM http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.37.6
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.13/ChangeLog-2.6.13-rc1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521601
MLIST http://marc.info/?l=git-commits-head&m=112002138324380
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/05/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/06/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/07/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/9
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1522.html
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/37084
http://secunia.com/advisories/37909
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html

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