Vulnerability Details : CVE-2005-4784

Multiple buffer overflows in the POSIX readdir_r function, as used in multiple packages, allow local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a symlink attack that exploits a race condition between opendir and pathcon calls and changes the filesystem to one with a larger maximum directory-entry name length, or (2) possibly via programmer-introduced errors on operating systems with a small struct dirent, such as Solaris or BeOS, as demonstrated in packages including (a) gcj, (b) KDE, (c) libwww, (d) the Rudiments library, (e) teTeX, (f) xmail, (g) bfbtester, (h) ncftp, (i) netwib, (j) OpenOffice.org, (k) Pike, (l) reprepro, (m) Tcl, and (n) xgsmlib.
Published 2005-12-31 05:00:00
Updated 2008-09-05 20:57:49
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Execute codeDenial of service

Products affected by CVE-2005-4784

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4784

EPSS FAQ
0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 10 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2005-4784

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.6
 MEDIUM AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C
1.9
9.2
 NIST

Vendor statements for CVE-2005-4784

  • Red Hat 2006-08-30
    This issue did not affect the Linux glibc.

References for CVE-2005-4784

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