Memory corruption in Linux kernel - CVE-2005-0177

 

Memory corruption in Linux kernel - CVE-2005-0177

Published: March 7, 2005 / Updated: October 11, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU95771
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2005-0177
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

nls_ascii.c in Linux before 2.6.8.1 uses an incorrect table size, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a buffer overflow.


How to mitigate CVE-2005-0177

Install update from vendor's repository.

Sources