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medium 4.6

CVE-2005-2490 json

Stack-based buffer overflow in the sendmsg function call in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.13.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary co…

published 2005-09-14 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2491

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the sendmsg function call in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.13.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by calling sendmsg and modifying the message contents in another thread.

Patch / fix

  • kernel RHEL 3 2.4.21-37.EL
  • kernel-smp RHEL 3 2.4.21-37.EL
  • kernel-BOOT RHEL 3 2.4.21-37.EL
  • kernel-source RHEL 3 2.4.21-37.EL
  • kernel-hugemem RHEL 3 2.4.21-37.EL
  • kernel-unsupported RHEL 3 2.4.21-37.EL
  • kernel-smp-unsupported RHEL 3 2.4.21-37.EL
  • kernel-hugemem-unsupported RHEL 3 2.4.21-37.EL

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:663RHSA-2005:514

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-2490 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 kernel 2.4.21-37.EL, kernel-smp 2.4.21-37.EL, kernel-BOOT 2.4.21-37.EL, kernel-source 2.4.21-37.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.4.21-37.EL, kernel-unsupported 2.4.21-37.EL, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 kernel 2.4.21-37.EL, kernel-smp 2.4.21-37.EL, kernel-BOOT 2.4.21-37.EL, kernel-source 2.4.21-37.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.4.21-37.EL, kernel-unsupported 2.4.21-37.EL, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:663
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 kernel 2.6.9-22.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-22.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-22.EL Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 kernel 2.6.9-22.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-22.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-22.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:514
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 kernel 2.4.21-37.EL, kernel-smp 2.4.21-37.EL, kernel-BOOT 2.4.21-37.EL, kernel-source 2.4.21-37.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.4.21-37.EL, kernel-unsupported 2.4.21-37.EL, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:663
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 kernel 2.6.9-22.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-22.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-22.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:514
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 kernel 2.4.21-37.EL, kernel-smp 2.4.21-37.EL, kernel-BOOT 2.4.21-37.EL, kernel-source 2.4.21-37.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.4.21-37.EL, kernel-unsupported 2.4.21-37.EL, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:663
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 kernel 2.6.9-22.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-22.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-22.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:514

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Exploit prediction

0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

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References

Sources

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