CVE-2005-2492 Information

Description

The raw_sendmsg function in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.13.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (change hardware state) or read from arbitrary memory via crafted input.

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112690609622266&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/16747/ http://secunia.com/advisories/17073 http://secunia.com/advisories/17918 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.13.1 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:235 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14787 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-178-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=166830 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22218 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A11031