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Re: iDefense Security Advisory 10.02.07: Sun Microsystems Solaris FIFO FS Information Disclosure Vulnerability
From: "Joey Mengele" <joey.mengele () hushmail com>
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:15:46 -0400
Dear Amateur Security Studier PAPAPAPAPAPAPA, The context in which the term memory leak is used should clue you in here. When used in this content, 'leaked' clearly means the contents are exposed to userspace. It clearly does not mean memory is allocated and then not freed. By the way, your posts are always stupid. J On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:38:51 -0400 3APA3A <3APA3A () SECURITY NNOV RU> wrote:
Dear iDefense Labs, --Wednesday, October 3, 2007, 6:32:03 PM, you wrote to vulnwatch () vulnwatch org: iL> The vulnerability exists in the kernel ioctl() handler for FIFOs. The iL> I_PEEK ioctl is used to peek at a number of bytes contained in the FIFO iL> without actually removing them from the queue. One of the arguments to iL> this command, which represents the number of bytes to peek, is a signed iL> integer value. Since this parameter is not properly validated, a iL> negative value can cause large amounts of kernel memory to be leaked. Can you please clarify this issue? According to subject it looks like information leak (information disclosure) issue, while according to description, it looks more like memory leak (Denial of Service) issue. -- ~/ZARAZA http://securityvulns.com/ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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