CVE - CVE-2011-1173

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-1173	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The econet_sendmsg function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 on the x86_64 platform allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading uninitialized data in the ah field of an Acorn Universal Networking (AUN) packet.
References
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MISC:8279 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8279 MISC:[netdev] 20110317 [PATCH] econet: 4 byte infoleak to the network URL:http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=130036203528021&w=2 MISC:[oss-security] 20110318 CVE request: kernel: netfilter & econet infoleaks URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/18/15 MISC:[oss-security] 20110321 Re: CVE request: kernel: netfilter & econet infoleaks URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/21/1 MISC:[oss-security] 20110321 Re: CVE request: kernel: netfilter & econet infoleaks URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/21/4 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=67c5c6cb8129c595f21e88254a3fc6b3b841ae8e URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=67c5c6cb8129c595f21e88254a3fc6b3b841ae8e MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591815#c14 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591815#c14
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20110303	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20110303)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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