Buffer Overflow Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,2.6.11)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005402
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed2 May 2005
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 2 May 2005

CVE-2005-0531  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 2.6.11 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow. The atm_get_addr function in addr.c for Linux kernel 2.6.10 and 2.6.11 before 2.6.11-rc4 may allow local users to trigger a buffer overflow via negative arguments.

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