CVE-2005-0839

Synopsis kernel security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4This update has been rated as having important security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team[Updated 9 August 2005 ...

Mathieu Lafon discovered an information leak in the ext2 file system driver When a new directory was created, the ext2 block written to disk was not initialized, so that previous memory contents (which could contain sensitive data like passwords) became visible on the raw device This is particularly important if the target device is removable and ...