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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. 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."

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

    Oh my God, they were right all along ;)