Vulnerability Details : CVE-2005-4881

The netlink subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.4.x before 2.4.37.6 and 2.6.x before 2.6.13-rc1 does not initialize certain padding fields in structures, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors, related to the (1) tc_fill_qdisc, (2) tcf_fill_node, (3) neightbl_fill_info, (4) neightbl_fill_param_info, (5) neigh_fill_info, (6) rtnetlink_fill_ifinfo, (7) rtnetlink_fill_iwinfo, (8) vif_delete, (9) ipmr_destroy_unres, (10) ipmr_cache_alloc_unres, (11) ipmr_cache_resolve, (12) inet6_fill_ifinfo, (13) tca_get_fill, (14) tca_action_flush, (15) tcf_add_notify, (16) tc_dump_action, (17) cbq_dump_police, (18) __nlmsg_put, (19) __rta_fill, (20) __rta_reserve, (21) inet6_fill_prefix, (22) rsvp_dump, and (23) cbq_dump_ovl functions.
Published 2009-10-19 20:00:00
Updated 2017-10-11 01:30:32
Source MITRE
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Vulnerability category: Information leak

Products affected by CVE-2005-4881

Threat overview for CVE-2005-4881

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Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 49152
IPs affected by CVE-2005-4881 7,395
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4881

EPSS FAQ
0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 8 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2005-4881

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
4.9
 MEDIUM AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
3.9
6.9
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2005-4881

Vendor statements for CVE-2005-4881

  • Red Hat 2009-10-22
    Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/CVE-2005-4881 This issue has been rated as having moderate security impact. This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG. It affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, and 4. It was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1522.html This issue is not planned to be fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, due to this product being in Production 3 of its maintenance life-cycle, where only qualified security errata of important and critical impact are addressed. For further information about Errata Support Policy, visit: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/

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