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CVE-2006-1342
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,…
Low2.1EPSS 0.73%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- sgi
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.73% · top 46% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (18)
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/marcelo/linux-2.4.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=09d3b3dcfa80c9094f1748c1be064b9326c9ef2b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4502 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0579 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 22875 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-202-200610-patch.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20061113 VMSA-2006-0008 - VMware ESX Server 2.0.2 Upgrade Patch 2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 21035 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-213-200610-patch.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:028 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0580 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-254-200610-patch.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 19357 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20061113 VMSA-2006-0006 - VMware ESX Server 2.5.3 Upgrade Patch 4 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20398 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20061113 VMSA-2006-0007 - VMware ESX Server 2.1.3 Upgrade Patch 2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 17203 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20061113 VMSA-2006-0005 - VMware ESX Server 2.5.4 Upgrade Patch 1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- [linux-netdev] 20060304 BUG: Small information leak in SO_ORIGINAL_DST (2.4 and 2.6) and (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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