CVE-2005-2500

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-08-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the xdr_xcode_array2 function in xdr.c in Linux kernel 2.6.12, as used in SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted XDR data for the nfsacl protocol.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 2.6.5

References

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%4042b9c4fdYUuaq0joRUZi8W0Q-2hA1A
http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/6/23/126
http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/6/23/19
http://secunia.com/advisories/16406
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_44_kernel.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14470
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21805
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%4042b9c4fdYUuaq0joRUZi8W0Q-2hA1A
http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/6/23/126
http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/6/23/19
http://secunia.com/advisories/16406
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_44_kernel.html

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