CVE catalog

CVE-2005-4798

kernel-source-2.6.8 - several vulnerabilities

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Unknown
Published
Updated
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
3.02% · Oct 27, 2026

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. security flaw

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debiankernel-source-2.4.273.12.4.27-10vulnerable
Debiankernel-source-2.4.273.12.4.27-10sarge1vulnerable
Debiankernel-source-2.4.273.12.4.27-10sarge2vulnerable
Debiankernel-source-2.4.273.12.4.27-10sarge3vulnerable
Debiankernel-source-2.4.273.12.4.27-10sarge4fixed
Debianfai-kernels3.11.9.1vulnerable
Debianfai-kernels3.11.9.1sarge1vulnerable
Debianfai-kernels3.11.9.1sarge2vulnerable
Debianfai-kernels3.11.9.1sarge3vulnerable
Debianfai-kernels3.11.9.1sarge4fixed
Debiansystemimager3.13.2.3-6vulnerable
Debiansystemimager3.13.2.3-6sarge1vulnerable
Debiansystemimager3.13.2.3-6sarge2vulnerable
Debiansystemimager3.13.2.3-6sarge3fixed
Debiankernel-source-2.6.83.12.6.8-16vulnerable
Debiankernel-source-2.6.83.12.6.8-16sarge1vulnerable
Debiankernel-source-2.6.83.12.6.8-16sarge2vulnerable
Debiankernel-source-2.6.83.12.6.8-16sarge3vulnerable
Debiankernel-source-2.6.83.12.6.8-16sarge4vulnerable
Debiankernel-source-2.6.83.12.6.8-16sarge5fixed
Debianfai-kernels3.11.9.1vulnerable
Debianfai-kernels3.11.9.1sarge1vulnerable
Debianfai-kernels3.11.9.1sarge2vulnerable
Debianfai-kernels3.11.9.1sarge3vulnerable
Debianfai-kernels3.11.9.1sarge4fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debiankernel-source-2.4.27deb3.12.4.27-10sarge4Not reportedDSA-1183-1Not reported
Debianfai-kernelsdeb3.11.9.1sarge4Not reportedDSA-1183-1Not reported
Debiansystemimagerdeb3.13.2.3-6sarge3Not reportedDSA-1183-1Not reported
Debiankernel-source-2.6.8deb3.12.6.8-16sarge5Not reportedDSA-1184-2Not reported
Debianfai-kernelsdeb3.11.9.1sarge4Not reportedDSA-1184-2Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

No matching packages in this catalog.

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