Bug 1617518 (CVE-2005-0400) - CVE-2005-0400 security flaw
Summary: CVE-2005-0400 security flaw
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: CVE-2005-0400
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Reported: 2018-08-16 03:55 UTC by Stephen Herr
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:52 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-08-16 03:55:19 UTC
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Description Stephen Herr 2018-08-16 03:55:13 UTC 
Flaw bug created to hold information about an old flaw we knew something about. For more details see the MITRE CVE description.
Comment 1 Stephen Herr 2018-08-16 16:11:13 UTC 
MITRE description:

The ext2_make_empty function call in the Linux kernel before 2.6.11.6 does not properly initialize memory when creating a block for a new directory entry, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading the block.
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