oss-security - CVE request Linux kernel: netfilter: nf_nat: leakage of uninitialized buffer in IRC NAT helper

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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 19:00:06 +0530 (IST)
From: P J P <ppandit@...hat.com>
To: oss security list <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: CVE request Linux kernel: netfilter: nf_nat: leakage of uninitialized
 buffer in IRC NAT helper 

    Hello,

Linux kernel built with the NetFilter Connection Tracking(NF_CONNTRACK)
support for IRC protocol(NF_NAT_IRC), is vulnerable to an information leakage
flaw. It could occur when communicating over direct client-to-client IRC
connection(/dcc) via a NAT-ed network. Kernel attempts to mangle IRC TCP
packet's content, wherein an uninitialised 'buffer' object is copied to a
socket buffer and sent over to the other end of a connection.

Upstream fix:
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   -> https://git.kernel.org/linus/2690d97ade05c5325cbf7c72b94b90d265659886

Reference:
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   -> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058748

Thank you
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Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Security Response Team

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