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CVE-2005-4784

Summary
Assigner-mitre
Assigner Org ID-8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca
Published At-14 Apr, 2006 | 10:00
Updated At-16 Sep, 2024 | 19:36
Rejected At-
Credits

Multiple buffer overflows in the POSIX readdir_r function, as used in multiple packages, allow local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a symlink attack that exploits a race condition between opendir and pathcon calls and changes the filesystem to one with a larger maximum directory-entry name length, or (2) possibly via programmer-introduced errors on operating systems with a small struct dirent, such as Solaris or BeOS, as demonstrated in packages including (a) gcj, (b) KDE, (c) libwww, (d) the Rudiments library, (e) teTeX, (f) xmail, (g) bfbtester, (h) ncftp, (i) netwib, (j) OpenOffice.org, (k) Pike, (l) reprepro, (m) Tcl, and (n) xgsmlib.

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Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)
▼Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
cve.org
Assigner:mitre
Assigner Org ID:8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca
Published At:14 Apr, 2006 | 10:00
Updated At:16 Sep, 2024 | 19:36
Rejected At:
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

Multiple buffer overflows in the POSIX readdir_r function, as used in multiple packages, allow local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a symlink attack that exploits a race condition between opendir and pathcon calls and changes the filesystem to one with a larger maximum directory-entry name length, or (2) possibly via programmer-introduced errors on operating systems with a small struct dirent, such as Solaris or BeOS, as demonstrated in packages including (a) gcj, (b) KDE, (c) libwww, (d) the Rudiments library, (e) teTeX, (f) xmail, (g) bfbtester, (h) ncftp, (i) netwib, (j) OpenOffice.org, (k) Pike, (l) reprepro, (m) Tcl, and (n) xgsmlib.

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Problem Types
TypeCWE IDDescription
textN/An/a
Type: text
CWE ID: N/A
Description: n/a
Metrics
VersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Metrics Other Info
Impacts
CAPEC IDDescription
Solutions
Configurations
Workarounds
Exploits
Credits
Timeline
EventDate
Replaced By
Rejected Reason
References
HyperlinkResource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/416002/30/0/threaded
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415781
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415790/30/0/threaded
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15259
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415999/30/0/threaded
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415998/30/0/threaded
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415995/30/0/threaded
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://womble.decadentplace.org.uk/readdir_r-advisory.html
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/416048/30/0/threaded
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/416002/30/0/threaded
Resource:
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415781
Resource:
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415790/30/0/threaded
Resource:
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15259
Resource:
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415999/30/0/threaded
Resource:
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415998/30/0/threaded
Resource:
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415995/30/0/threaded
Resource:
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Hyperlink: http://womble.decadentplace.org.uk/readdir_r-advisory.html
Resource:
x_refsource_MISC
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/416048/30/0/threaded
Resource:
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
▼Authorized Data Publishers (ADP)
CVE Program Container
Affected Products
Metrics
VersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Metrics Other Info
Impacts
CAPEC IDDescription
Solutions
Configurations
Workarounds
Exploits
Credits
Timeline
EventDate
Replaced By
Rejected Reason
References
HyperlinkResource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/416002/30/0/threaded
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
x_transferred
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415781
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x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
x_transferred
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415790/30/0/threaded
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
x_transferred
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15259
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x_refsource_BID
x_transferred
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415999/30/0/threaded
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x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
x_transferred
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415998/30/0/threaded
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x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
x_transferred
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415995/30/0/threaded
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
x_transferred
http://womble.decadentplace.org.uk/readdir_r-advisory.html
x_refsource_MISC
x_transferred
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/416048/30/0/threaded
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/416002/30/0/threaded
Resource:
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415781
Resource:
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415790/30/0/threaded
Resource:
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15259
Resource:
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415999/30/0/threaded
Resource:
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x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415998/30/0/threaded
Resource:
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415995/30/0/threaded
Resource:
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://womble.decadentplace.org.uk/readdir_r-advisory.html
Resource:
x_refsource_MISC
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/416048/30/0/threaded
Resource:
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
x_transferred
Information is not available yet
▼National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
nvd.nist.gov
Source:cve@mitre.org
Published At:31 Dec, 2005 | 05:00
Updated At:03 Apr, 2025 | 01:03

Multiple buffer overflows in the POSIX readdir_r function, as used in multiple packages, allow local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a symlink attack that exploits a race condition between opendir and pathcon calls and changes the filesystem to one with a larger maximum directory-entry name length, or (2) possibly via programmer-introduced errors on operating systems with a small struct dirent, such as Solaris or BeOS, as demonstrated in packages including (a) gcj, (b) KDE, (c) libwww, (d) the Rudiments library, (e) teTeX, (f) xmail, (g) bfbtester, (h) ncftp, (i) netwib, (j) OpenOffice.org, (k) Pike, (l) reprepro, (m) Tcl, and (n) xgsmlib.

CISA Catalog
Date AddedDue DateVulnerability NameRequired Action
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Due Date: N/A
Vulnerability Name: N/A
Required Action: N/A
Metrics
TypeVersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Primary2.05.6MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C
Type: Primary
Version: 2.0
Base score: 5.6
Base severity: MEDIUM
Vector:
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C
CPE Matches
austin_group
austin_group
>>posix>>*
cpe:2.3:o:austin_group:posix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Weaknesses
CWE IDTypeSource
NVD-CWE-OtherPrimarynvd@nist.gov
CWE ID: NVD-CWE-Other
Type: Primary
Source: nvd@nist.gov
Evaluator Description
Evaluator Impact

Evaluator Solution

Vendor Statements
Organization : Red Hat
Last Modified : 2006-08-30T00:00:00

This issue did not affect the Linux glibc.

References
HyperlinkSourceResource
http://womble.decadentplace.org.uk/readdir_r-advisory.htmlcve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415781cve@mitre.org
N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415790/30/0/threadedcve@mitre.org
N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415995/30/0/threadedcve@mitre.org
N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415998/30/0/threadedcve@mitre.org
N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415999/30/0/threadedcve@mitre.org
N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/416002/30/0/threadedcve@mitre.org
N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/416048/30/0/threadedcve@mitre.org
N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15259cve@mitre.org
N/A
http://womble.decadentplace.org.uk/readdir_r-advisory.htmlaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415781af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415790/30/0/threadedaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415995/30/0/threadedaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415998/30/0/threadedaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415999/30/0/threadedaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/416002/30/0/threadedaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/416048/30/0/threadedaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15259af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
Hyperlink: http://womble.decadentplace.org.uk/readdir_r-advisory.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource:
Vendor Advisory
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415781
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415790/30/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
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Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415995/30/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
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Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415998/30/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
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Source: cve@mitre.org
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Source: cve@mitre.org
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Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/416048/30/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
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Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15259
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://womble.decadentplace.org.uk/readdir_r-advisory.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource:
Vendor Advisory
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415781
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415790/30/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415995/30/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415998/30/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415999/30/0/threaded
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Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/416002/30/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/416048/30/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15259
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A

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