01 Record
CVE-2005-4798
Buffer overflow in NFS readlink handling in the Linux Kernel 2.4 up to 2.4.31 allows remote NFS servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long symlink, which is not properly handled in (1)
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow in NFS readlink handling in the Linux Kernel 2.4 up to 2.4.31 allows remote NFS servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long symlink, which is not properly handled in (1)
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.02% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-05-09 20:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-05-09
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c3af3e632770f234a2044f405904fb3f67c977a1d0e9cbd29b7cd5b8702b5a33
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-1183http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1183
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11536https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11536
- secunia.com22082http://secunia.com/advisories/22082
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2006:028http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html
- www.securityfocus.com20186http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20186
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/marcelo/linux-2.4.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=87e03738fc15dc3ea4acde3a5dcb5f84b6b6152b
- www.ussg.iu.edu[linux-kernel] 20050912 [PATCH] nfs client, kernel 2.4.31: readlink result overflowhttp://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0509.1/1333.html
- secunia.com20398http://secunia.com/advisories/20398
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/marcelo/linux-2.4.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=87e03738fc15dc3ea4acde3a5dcb5f84b6b6152b
- secunia.com22093http://secunia.com/advisories/22093
- www.debian.orgDSA-1184http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184