Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2005-2548
Published: August 12, 2005 / Updated: October 3, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95768
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2005-2548
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
vlan_dev.c in the VLAN code for Linux kernel 2.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel oops from null dereference) via certain UDP packets that lead to a function call with the wrong argument, as demonstrated using snmpwalk on snmpd.
How to mitigate CVE-2005-2548
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=309308
- http://lists.osdl.org/pipermail/bridge/2004-September/000638.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17826
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18056
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14611
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/