CVE-2005-4798

security flaw

Published May 9, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 3.0% KEV · Not listed
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) nfs2xdr.c or (2) nfs3xdr.c and causes a crash in the NFS client.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1183-1 New Linux 2.4.27 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1184-1 New Linux 2.6.8 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1184-2 New Linux 2.6.8 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-4791 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) nfs2xdr.c or (2) nfs3xdr.c and causes a crash in the NFS client.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 8, 2024, 12:01 AM
Reserved
May 9, 2006, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 31, 2005, 5:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:19 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 25, 2005, 12:00 AM