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[Full-disclosure] rPSA-2006-0087-1 kernel
- From: jmforbes at rpath.com (Justin M. Forbes)
- Subject: [Full-disclosure] rPSA-2006-0087-1 kernel
- Date: Wed May 31 18:48:27 2006
rPath Security Advisory: 2006-0087-1
Published: 2006-05-31
Products: rPath Linux 1
Rating: Minor
Exposure Level Classification:
Local Non-deterministic Information Exposure
Updated Versions:
kernel=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/2.6.16.19-1-0.1
References:
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1343
http://bugs.rpath.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182
Description:
Previous versions of the kernel package have a small information leak
that exposes 6 bytes of arbitrary kernel memory when the getsockopt
system call is called with the SO_ORIGINAL_DST argument. An attacking
program cannot choose which 6 bytes of memory are exposed.
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