CVE-2005-2490
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Published: September 14, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:14 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
2.6.02.6.0 test12.6.0 test102.6.0 test112.6.0 test22.6.0 test32.6.0 test42.6.0 test52.6.0 test62.6.0 test72.6.0 test82.6.0 test92.6.12.6.1 rc12.6.1 rc22.6.102.6.10 rc22.6.112.6.11 rc22.6.11 rc32.6.11 rc42.6.11.112.6.11.52.6.11.62.6.11.72.6.11.82.6.12 rc12.6.12 rc42.6.22.6.32.6.42.6.52.6.62.6.6 rc12.6.72.6.7 rc12.6.82.6.8 rc12.6.8 rc22.6.8 rc32.6.9 2.6.202.6_test9_cvs
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (24)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112690609622266&w=2Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/16747/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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