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Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 00:20:36 +0530 (IST)
From: P J P <ppandit@...hat.com>
To: oss security list <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
cc: cve-assign@...re.org
Subject: Re: Re: CVE request: Linux kernel: nfs: information
leakage
+-- On Thu, 20 Feb 2014, cve-assign@...re.org wrote --+
| This is definitely a problem that can have a CVE ID; use
| CVE-2014-2038.
Thank you.
| is there also an opportunity for Client B to conduct a DoS attack
| against Client A (i.e., causing Client A's data to be completely lost)
| if the NFSv4 ACL on /mnt/file gives Client B APPEND_DATA access but
| not WRITE_DATA access?
Ummn, I wonder if with only APPEND_DATA client would be able to
delete/over-write file data. It needs to be verified.
| Our understanding is that you mean the "extra" bytes printed by the
| cat command, i.e.,
|
| 0 \357 \277 \275 D 0 \357 \277 \275
|
| are the leaked kernel memory bytes.
Yes, that's correct.
Thank you.
--
Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Security Response Team
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