Information exposure in Linux kernel - CVE-2003-0001
Published: January 17, 2003 / Updated: August 10, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95775
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2003-0001
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
Multiple ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC) device drivers do not pad frames with null bytes, which allows remote attackers to obtain information from previous packets or kernel memory by using malformed packets, as demonstrated by Etherleak.
How to mitigate CVE-2003-0001
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0016.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104222046632243&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/7996
- http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a010603-1.txt
- http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/atstake_etherleak_report.pdf
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/412115
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/9962
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-025.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-088.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/305335/30/26420/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/307564/30/26270/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031583
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040185
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2665