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Bug 505678 (CVE-2014-1690) - Kernel: netfilter: nf_nat: leakage of uninitialized buffer in IRC NAT helper (CVE-2014-1690)
Summary: Kernel: netfilter: nf_nat: leakage of uninitialized buffer in IRC NAT helper ...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2014-1690
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Kernel (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Kernel Security
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Reported: 2014-03-25 12:05 UTC by Agostino Sarubbo
Modified: 2022-03-25 21:45 UTC (History)
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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.