CVE-2006-1342 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2006-1342?

CVE-2006-1342 is a low-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Mar 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

net/ipv4/af_inet.c in Linux kernel 2.4 does not clear sockaddr_in.sin_zero before returning IPv4 socket names from the (1) getsockname, (2) getpeername, and (3) accept functions, which allows local users to obtain portions of potentially sensitive memory.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1342?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2006-1342?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1342 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2006-1342 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-1342 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-jf62-rxq2-pm67.