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CVE-2003-0465

Medium
5/10

Summary

The kernel strncpy function in Linux 2.4 and 2.5 does not %NUL pad the buffer on architectures other than x86, as opposed to the expected behavior of strncpy as implemented in libc, which could lead to information leaks.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

References

Advisory Timeline

  • Published