# CVE-2005-3273: The rose\_rt\_ioctl function in rose\_route.c for Radionet Open Source Environment (ROSE) in Linux 2.6 kernels before 2.6.12, and 2.4 before 2.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-10-20 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The rose_rt_ioctl function in rose_route.c for Radionet Open Source Environment (ROSE) in Linux 2.6 kernels before 2.6.12, and 2.4 before 2.4.29, does not properly verify the ndigis argument for a new route, which allows attackers to trigger array out-of-bounds errors with a large number of digipeats.

## What to do

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/18056
- http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%40423114bcdthRtmtdS6MsZiBVvteGCg
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014115
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0579.html
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/5/23/169
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21035
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/219-1/
- http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%4041e2cf515TpixcVQ8q8HvQvCv9E6zA
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0580.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17826
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9552
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13886

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