PT-2013-1012

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.6 Description The issue exists due to the lack of initialization of certain structures in the dev ifconf function in net/socket.c of the Linux kernel. This allows local users to obtain sensitive information fro...

UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6539

The devifconf function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application...

[ Suresec Advisories ] - Mac OS X (xnu) multiple information leaks

Suresec security advisory 8 3th November 2005 CVE ID: CVE-2005-1126, CVE-2005-2752 Mac OS X kernel xnu multiple information leaks. Vulnerability summary: The first information leak found in xnu is located in the ifconf function used to retrieve information about all used network interfaces. The...

CVE-2005-1126

CVE-2005-1126 is a kernel memory disclosure vulnerability tied to the SIOCGIFCONF (ifconf) path. In FreeBSD 4.x (4.0–4.11) and 5.x (5.0–5.4), the ifconf code may copy uninitialized kernel memory to user space because the buffer is not cleared before use, enabling local users to obtain portions of...