CVE-2014-1690 Information

Description

The help function in net/netfilter/nf_nat_irc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by establishing an IRC DCC session in which incorrect packet data is transmitted during use of the NAT mangle feature.

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2690d97ade05c5325cbf7c72b94b90d265659886 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.8 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/28/3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2137-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2140-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2158-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058748 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2690d97ade05c5325cbf7c72b94b90d265659886