Oval Definition:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11536
Revision Date:2013-04-29Version:12
Title: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.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CVE-2005-4798
Platform(s):CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • RHEL3 or CentOS3
  • The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
  • OR CentOS Linux 3.x
  • AND Configuration section
  • kernel-BOOT is earlier than 0:2.4.21-40.EL
  • OR kernel-unsupported is earlier than 0:2.4.21-40.EL
  • OR kernel-smp-unsupported is earlier than 0:2.4.21-40.EL
  • OR kernel-hugemem-unsupported is earlier than 0:2.4.21-40.EL
  • OR kernel-hugemem is earlier than 0:2.4.21-40.EL
  • OR kernel is earlier than 0:2.4.21-40.EL
  • OR kernel-source is earlier than 0:2.4.21-40.EL
  • OR kernel-doc is earlier than 0:2.4.21-40.EL
  • OR kernel-smp is earlier than 0:2.4.21-40.EL
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