Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,2.6.13.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005487
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed14 Sept 2005
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 Sep 2005

CVE-2005-2490  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 2.6.13.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. Stack-based buffer overflow in the sendmsg function call in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.13.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by calling sendmsg and modifying the message contents in another thread.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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