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CVE-2005-4798

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 2.95%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2005-12-31 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2005-4798
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
2.95%
Linux

Original NVD Description

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.