Vulnerability Details : CVE-2005-4798

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.
Published 2005-12-31 05:00:00
Updated 2017-10-11 01:30:31
Source MITRE
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Vulnerability category: OverflowDenial of service

Products affected by CVE-2005-4798

Threat overview for CVE-2005-4798

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2005-4798
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 49152
IPs affected by CVE-2005-4798 6,731
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4798

EPSS FAQ
9.83%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 94 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2005-4798

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.0
 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
10.0
2.9
 NIST

References for CVE-2005-4798

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