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CVE-2005-4798

Buffer overflow in NFS readlink handling in the Linux Kernel 2.4 up to 2.4.31 allows remote NFS...

5.0 Medium

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.

Exploit likelihood

3.02%Up 1.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

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.

Record
CVE-2005-4798
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2005-4798
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2005-4791 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2005-4791
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r7wx-4mj5-7j6j No score

Buffer overflow in NFS readlink handling in the Linux Kernel 2.4 up to 2.4.31 allows remote NFS...

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.

Record
GHSA-r7wx-4mj5-7j6j
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2005-4798 5.0

CVE-2005-4798 does not affect BellSoft software

Record
BELL-CVE-2005-4798
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kernel-source-2.4.27
Debian:3.1
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 2.4.27-10sarge4, plus listed versions
2.4.27-102.4.27-10sarge12.4.27-10sarge22.4.27-10sarge3
2.4.27-10sarge4
fai-kernels
Debian:3.1
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 1.9.1sarge4, plus listed versions
1.9.11.9.1sarge11.9.1sarge21.9.1sarge3
1.9.1sarge4
systemimager
Debian:3.1
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 3.2.3-6sarge3, plus listed versions
3.2.3-63.2.3-6sarge13.2.3-6sarge2
3.2.3-6sarge3
kernel-source-2.6.8
Debian:3.1
From an advisory covering 16 CVEs
 before 2.6.8-16sarge5, plus listed versions
2.6.8-162.6.8-16sarge12.6.8-16sarge22.6.8-16sarge32.6.8-16sarge4
2.6.8-16sarge5
fai-kernels
Debian:3.1
From an advisory covering 16 CVEs
 before 1.9.1sarge4, plus listed versions
1.9.11.9.1sarge11.9.1sarge21.9.1sarge3
1.9.1sarge4
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-BOOT
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kernel-hugemem-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-smp-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-source
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-BOOT
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-hugemem-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-smp-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-source
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-BOOT
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-hugemem-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-smp-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-source
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-BOOT
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-hugemem-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-smp-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-source
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL
kernel-unsupported
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 0:2.4.21-40.EL
0:2.4.21-40.EL

History

History
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In short

CVE-2005-4798 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Linux Kernel, published December 31, 2005. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.02%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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