VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2005-2709

CVSS score4.6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.99%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-11-20
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

The sysctl functionality (sysctl.c) in Linux kernel before 2.6.14.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel oops) and possibly execute code by opening an interface file in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/, waiting until the interface is unregistered, then obtaining and modifying function pointers in memory that was used for the ctl_table.

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