CVE-2003-0465
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2003-07-15 04:00
Modified
2024-08-08 01:58
Severity ?
Summary
The kernel strncpy function in Linux 2.4 and 2.5 does not %NUL pad the buffer on architectures other than x86, as opposed to the expected behavior of strncpy as implemented in libc, which could lead to information leaks.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=105796021120436&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=105796415223490&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-188.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10285
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=105796021120436&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=105796415223490&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-188.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10285
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