Description
Multiple ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC) device drivers do not pad frames with null bytes, which allows remote attackers to obtain information from previous packets or kernel memory by using malformed packets, as demonstrated by Etherleak.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 5.0/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0016.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104222046632243&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/7996
- http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a010603-1.txtVendor Advisory
- http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/atstake_etherleak_report.pdf
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/412115Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/9962
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-025.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-088.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/305335/30/26420/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/307564/30/26270/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031583
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040185
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2665
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0016.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104222046632243&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/7996
- http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a010603-1.txtVendor Advisory
- http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/atstake_etherleak_report.pdf
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/412115Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/9962
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-025.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-088.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/305335/30/26420/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/307564/30/26270/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031583
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040185
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2665
Timeline
- Published
- Jan 17, 2003
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified