CVE-2005-0400 Information

Description

The ext2_make_empty function call in the Linux kernel before 2.6.11.6 does not properly initialize memory when creating a block for a new directory entry which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading the block.

Reference

http://arkoon.net/advisories/ext2-make-empty-leak.txt http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.11.6 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111238764720696&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/14713/ http://secunia.com/advisories/17002 http://secunia.com/advisories/18684 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-366.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0190.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0191.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12932 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1878 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=152532 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19866 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10336 https://usn.ubuntu.com/103-1/