374627 – Kernel: information leak (CVE-2011-1173)

Bug 374627 - Kernel: information leak (CVE-2011-1173)

Summary: Kernel: information leak (CVE-2011-1173)

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Kernel (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

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Whiteboard:	[ linux < 2.6.39 ]
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Reported:	2011-07-10 01:12 UTC by GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot
Modified:	2013-09-15 20:07 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2011-07-10 01:12:00 UTC

CVE-2011-1173 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1173):
  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.