Buffer overflow

2007-09-1819:17:00

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The ipv6_getsockopt_sticky function in the kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Beta 5.1.0 allows local users to obtain sensitive information (kernel memory contents) via a negative value of the len parameter. NOTE: this issue has been disputed in a bug comment, stating that "len is ignored when copying header info to the user’s buffer.

CPENameOperatorVersion
enterprise_linuxeq5.1.0 beta

CPE	Name	Operator	Version
	enterprise_linux	eq	5.1.0 beta

References

osvdb.org/45909

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=232045