CVE-2005-2100

medium

Description

The rw_vm function in usercopy.c in the 4GB split patch for the Linux kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 does not perform proper bounds checking, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash).

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11556

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=165547

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/17073

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-10-25

Updated: 2017-10-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium