CVE-2005-2459

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 None
Description
The huft_build function in inflate.c in the zlib routines in the Linux kernel before 2.6.12.5 returns the wrong value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a certain compressed file that leads to a null pointer dereference, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2458.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2005-2459
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2005-08-23T04:00:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-19T15:32:56
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-476 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test10:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test11:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test5:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test6:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test7:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test8:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test9:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5:*:386:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5:*:686:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5:*:686_smp:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5:*:amd64:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5:*:amd64_k8:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5:*:amd64_k8_smp:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5:*:amd64_xeon:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5:*:k7:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5:*:k7_smp:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5:*:power3:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5:*:power3_smp:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5:*:power4:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5:*:power4_smp:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5:*:powerpc:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5:*:powerpc_smp:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.9:2.6.20:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.10:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11_rc1_bk6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6_test9_cvs:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94584 Third Party Advisory
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.12.5 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16355/ Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16500 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_50_kernel.html Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14720 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17918 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18056 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18059 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219
https://usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2459
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2459
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:05:18 Added to TrackCVE