Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 21, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-1342
CVE-2006-1342
Description
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.
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References
18- marc.infonvd
- secunia.com/advisories/19357nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/20398nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/21035nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22875nvd
- www.kernel.org/git/nvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0579.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0580.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451404/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451417/100/200/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451419/100/200/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451426/100/200/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/17203nvd
- www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-202-200610-patch.htmlnvd
- www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-213-200610-patch.htmlnvd
- www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-254-200610-patch.htmlnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4502nvd
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