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Flaw Found iIn Ethernet Device Drivers

Posted by Hemos on from the yay-for-security-bugs dept.

Licensed2Hack writes "Security researchers have discovered a serious vulnerability that may be present in many Ethernet device drivers that is causing the devices to broadcast sensitive information over networks. Seems the device driver writers couldn't be bothered with a memset() call. Eweek has their typical (puffy, low on tech details) take on it here. Since they don't specify the OS, I'm assuming these are drivers for Windows." It's actually Linux, *BSD, and Windows.

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  1. Hah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    At least it didn't foil my first post.

  2. Flaw found.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...."iln" story title

  3. Flaw Found iIn Slashdot Editors by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anonymous Coward writes "English speakers have discovered a serious flaw that may be present in many Slashdot editors that is causing the devices to broadcast poor journalism over networks. Seems the editors couldn't be bothered with a Spellcheck call. Slashdot trolls have their typical (puffy, low on tech details) take on it here. Since a fault was found, Slashdot is assuming the problem is with Windows."

    1. Re:Flaw Found iIn Slashdot Editors by edbarrett · · Score: 2, Funny

      iNo, iSee, iThis iIs iAnother iOf iThe iSlashdot iStory iAdvertisements iFor iApple.

  4. Your computer is broadcasting sensitive info ! by FullClip · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh my God, they were right all along ;)

  5. Re:Not a hard fix for open source by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    An interesting question is if they can even fix it since most ethernet drivers are after all third party drivers for windows. I can fix my card on my own using the source (linux), thank you very much.

  6. Re:You assume too much by nmg196 · · Score: 3, Funny

    > In addition (I post too fast)

    Don't believe you...

    You were just trying get TWO Score+5's and reap the karma...

    Blame it on packet fragmentation if you like...

    Nick...

  7. OpenBSD by Talisman · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now OpenBSD will have to change their tagline, again.

    Only one remote hole in the default install, in more than 7 years! Oh yeah, and 1 hole embedded in the Ethernet dri...

    "Shit. We ran out of space on the CD cover."

    Talisman

    Wanna get pissed?

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  8. Flaw Found iIn Slashdot News Title by Satoshi+Harada · · Score: 4, Funny

    At least it isn't a dupe...

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    1. Re:Flaw Found iIn Slashdot News Title by PunchMonkey · · Score: 3, Funny

      At least it isn't a dupe...

      Just give it another 8 hours or so ;-)

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  9. Am I the only one tired of this? by los+furtive · · Score: 4, Funny

    Great, first we had users who posted replies without reading the articles.

    Then we had editors who posted articles without checking if they had already been posted.

    Now we have users who submit articles that are neither read by the user nor the editor before being posted.

    What's next? The person who writes the article doesn't read it before a user sees the link, submits it for an editor to post twice in the same day?

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  10. Re:Or maybe Slashdot wont post news unless its ant by nagora · · Score: 3, Funny
    Microsoft is bad, we don't know why, but it is

    If you don't know why by now, you haven't been paying attention.

    TWW

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  11. Re:Or maybe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    No drivers for network cards made by Microsoft were vulnerable... In other news, no cars made by Cisco has ever been stolen.