CVE-2005-2492
LOW · CVSS 3.6EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
The raw_sendmsg function in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.13.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (change hardware state) or read from arbitrary memory via crafted input.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (38th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2005-2493)
- Published
- September 14, 2005
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2005-2493 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- redhat / enterprise linux
Certified products that may be affected
8 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module v4.0 with CPACF - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2798 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module v4.0 - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2742 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Libreswan Cryptographic Module v4.0 - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2721 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux NSS Cryptographic Module v4.0 - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2711 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux libgcrypt Cryptographic Module v4.0 [1] and Red Hat Enterprise Linux libgcrypt Cryptographic Module v5.0 [2] - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2657 - historical
See all 8 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112690609622266&w=2(Mailing List)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16747/(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17073(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17918(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.13.1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:235(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html(Not Applicable)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14787(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-178-1(Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=166830(Issue Tracking, Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22218
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11031
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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