2.1
CVSSv2

CVE-2006-1342

Published: 21/03/2006 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 2.1 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 215
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

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.

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linux linux kernel 2.4.0

Exploits

/* source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/17203/info The Linux kernel is affected by local memory-disclosure vulnerabilities These issues are due to the kernel's failure to properly clear previously used kernel memory before returning it to local users These issues allow an attacker to read kernel memory and potentially gather information to ...