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CVE-2004-0685 Detail

Description

Certain USB drivers in the Linux 2.4 kernel use the copy_to_user function on uninitialized structures, which could allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading memory that was not cleared from previous usage.


Metrics

 
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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=127921 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/20162 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/20163 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/20202 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/20338 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082 CVE, MITRE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-24.xml CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/981134 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-504.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-505.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10892 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?id=14580 CVE, MITRE
http://www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0041/ CVE, MITRE
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2336 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16931 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10665 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2004-0685
NVD Published Date:
12/23/2004
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE