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Bug 505678 (CVE-2014-1690)

Summary: Kernel: netfilter: nf_nat: leakage of uninitialized buffer in IRC NAT helper (CVE-2014-1690)
Product: Gentoo Security Reporter: Agostino Sarubbo <ago>
Component: KernelAssignee: Gentoo Kernel Security <security-kernel>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: kernel
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2014-03-25 12:05:55 UTC 
CVE-2014-1690 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1690):

The help function in net/netfilter/nf_nat_irc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 allows remote attackers 
to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by establishing an IRC DCC session in which incorrect 
packet data is transmitted during use of the NAT mangle feature.
Comment 1 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev 2014-08-10 22:00:58 UTC 
CVE-2014-1690 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1690):
  The help function in net/netfilter/nf_nat_irc.c in the Linux kernel before
  3.12.8 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel
  memory by establishing an IRC DCC session in which incorrect packet data is
  transmitted during use of the NAT mangle feature.