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CVE-2005-0400

CVE-2005-0400

EPSS 0.4%
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.
Affected products
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References
http://arkoon.net/advisories/ext2-make-empty-leak.txthttp://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.11.6http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111238764720696&w=2https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=152532http://secunia.com/advisories/14713/http://secunia.com/advisories/17002http://secunia.com/advisories/18684https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19866https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10336https://usn.ubuntu.com/103-1/http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-366.htmlhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html