CVE-2006-1342

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.

Date published : 2006-03-21

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17203

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451419/100/200/threaded