CVE-2005-4798

NameCVE-2005-4798
DescriptionBuffer 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1183-1, DSA-1184-2

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
fai-kernelssourcesarge1.9.1sarge4DSA-1184-2
kernel-source-2.4.27sourcesarge2.4.27-10sarge4DSA-1183-1
kernel-source-2.6.8sourcesarge2.6.8-16sarge5DSA-1184-2
linux-2.6source(unstable)(not affected)
systemimagersourcesarge3.2.3-6sarge3DSA-1183-1

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