01 Record
CVE-2005-4881
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
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
- 0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 31.5% 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
- 2009-10-19 19:27Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-09-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a2116f7a4b5b403f4b3743470edbd723548866b7db53ad346000dc85bff7f768
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20090917 Re: CVE request: kernel: tc: uninitialised kernel memory leakhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/9
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20090916 Re: CVE request: kernel: tc: uninitialised kernel memory leakhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/1
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=30e744716c4a6cc4e8ecaaddf68f20057c03dc8d
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9ef1d4c7c7aca1cd436612b6ca785b726ffb8ed8
- secunia.com37084http://secunia.com/advisories/37084
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.13/ChangeLog-2.6.13-rc1
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:1522http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1522.html
- secunia.com37909http://secunia.com/advisories/37909
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.37.6
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3408cce0c2f380884070896420ca566704452fb5
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11744https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11744
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521601
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8a47077a0b5aa2649751c46e7a27884e6686ccbf
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2009:064http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html
- marc.info[bk-commits-head] 20050629 [NETLINK]: Missing initializations in dumped datahttp://marc.info/?l=git-commits-head&m=112002138324380
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20090906 Re: CVE request: kernel: tc: uninitialised kernel memory leakhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/06/2
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20090907 Re: CVE request: kernel: tc: uninitialised kernel memory leakhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/07/2
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20090905 Re: CVE request: kernel: tc: uninitialised kernel memory leakhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/05/2
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0f3f2328f63c521fe4b435f148687452f98b2349
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b3563c4fbff906991a1b4ef4609f99cca2a0de6a