SB2006032102 - Information exposure in Linux kernel
Published: March 21, 2006 Updated: August 8, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2006032102
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information exposure (CVE-ID: CVE-2006-1342)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
net/ipv4/af_inet.c in Linux kernel 2.4 does not clear sockaddr_in.sin_zero before returning IPv4 socket names from the (1) getsockname, (2) getpeername, and (3) accept functions, which allows local users to obtain portions of potentially sensitive memory.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=114148078223594&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19357
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20398
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21035
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22875
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/marcelo/linux-2.4.git;a=commit;h=09d3b3dcfa80c9094f1748c1be064b9326c9ef2b
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0579.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0580.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451404/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451417/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451419/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451426/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17203
- http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-202-200610-patch.html
- http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-213-200610-patch.html
- http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-254-200610-patch.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4502