Bug 750632 (CVE-2011-4091) - CVE-2011-4091 net6: user information exposure flaw
Summary: CVE-2011-4091 net6: user information exposure flaw
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2011-4091
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 750633 750634
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-11-01 20:25 UTC by Vincent Danen
Modified: 2021-10-19 21:50 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2021-10-19 21:50:52 UTC
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Description Vincent Danen 2011-11-01 20:25:18 UTC 
Vasiliy Kulikov reported [1] that libnet6 would check for user color collisions prior to authentication.  This could allow for the disclosure of certain user information by users that were not authenticated.

This has been corrected in git [2].

[1] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/30/3
[2] http://git.0x539.de/?p=net6.git;a=commitdiff;h=84afca022f063f89bfcd4bb32b1ee911f555abf1;hp=ac61d7fb42a1f977fb527e024bede319c4a9e169
Comment 1 Vincent Danen 2011-11-01 20:26:46 UTC 
Created net6 tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-all [bug 750633]
Affects: epel-all [bug 750634]
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2011-11-25 02:04:53 UTC 
net6-1.3.14-1.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2011-11-25 02:04:57 UTC 
net6-1.3.14-1.el5 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 5 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2011-11-25 02:06:40 UTC 
net6-1.3.14-1.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2011-11-25 02:12:29 UTC 
net6-1.3.14-1.fc14 has been pushed to the Fedora 14 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2011-11-25 02:16:54 UTC 
net6-1.3.14-1.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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