CVE-2005-2456

security flaw

Published Aug 4, 2005 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Array index overflow in the xfrm_sk_policy_insert function in xfrm_user.c in Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops or deadlock) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a p->dir value that is larger than XFRM_POLICY_OUT, which is used as an index in the sock->sk_policy array.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-921-1 New Linux 2.4.27 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-922-1 New Linux 2.6.8 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-169-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
References
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http://secunia.com/advisories/16298 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/16500 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/17002 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/17073 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/18056 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/18059 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bh=8da3e25b2c4c1f305fd85428d3a9eb62b543bfba%3Bhp=ecade4893a139cc35d4fe345ce70242ede5358c4%3Bhb=a4f1bac62564049ea4718c4624b0fadc9f597c84%3Bf=net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a4f1bac62564049ea4718c4624b0fadc9f597c84 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mail-archive.com/netdev%40vger.kernel.org/msg00520.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_50_kernel.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14477 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1878 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21710 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2456 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10858 cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2456 cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 10:30 PM
Reserved
Aug 4, 2005, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 4, 2005, 4:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:14 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Jul 25, 2005, 12:00 AM