CVE-2006-1342
N/A
Published: March 21, 2006 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:22 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (18)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=114148078223594&w=2Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://secunia.com/advisories/19357Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://secunia.com/advisories/20398Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://secunia.com/advisories/21035Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://secunia.com/advisories/22875x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/marcelo/linux-2.4.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=09d3b3dcfa80c9094f1748c1be064b9326c9ef2bVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0579.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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