security flaw
Published May 9, 2006
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.95%
Description
Buffer overflow in NFS readlink handling in the Linux Kernel 2.4 up to 2.4.31 allows remote NFS servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long symlink, which is not properly handled in (1) nfs2xdr.c or (2) nfs3xdr.c and causes a crash in the NFS client.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.1
- 2.4.2
- 2.4.3
- 2.4.10
- 2.4.11
- 2.4.11
- 2.4.12
- 2.4.13
- 2.4.14
- 2.4.15
- 2.4.16
- 2.4.17
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.19
- 2.4.19
- 2.4.19
- 2.4.19
- 2.4.19
- 2.4.19
- 2.4.19
- 2.4.20
- 2.4.21
- 2.4.21
- 2.4.21
- 2.4.21
- 2.4.22
- 2.4.22
- 2.4.23
- 2.4.23
- 2.4.23_ow2
- 2.4.24
- 2.4.24_ow1
- 2.4.25
- 2.4.26
- 2.4.27
- 2.4.27
- 2.4.27
- 2.4.27
- 2.4.27
- 2.4.27
- 2.4.28
- 2.4.29
- 2.4.29
- 2.4.29
- 2.4.30
- 2.4.30
- 2.4.30
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
kernel-0:2.4.21-40.EL
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0144
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | kernel-0:2.4.21-40.EL | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0144 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.95% (0.02954) | 86.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.95% (0.02954) | 85.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.71% (0.00712) | 70.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 9.83% (0.09829) | 95.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 20, 2023 | 9.83% (0.09829) | 93.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 13, 2023 | 6.19% (0.06187) | 92.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.07% (0.04072) | 90.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (15)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20398 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22082 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22093 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1183 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/marcelo/linux-2.4.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=87e03738fc15dc3ea4acde3a5dcb5f84b6b6152b x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/marcelo/linux-2.4.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=87e03738fc15dc3ea4acde3a5dcb5f84b6b6152b x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20186 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0509.1/1333.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-4798 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617863 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4798
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11536 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-4798
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.