Flaw Found iIn Ethernet Device Drivers

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.

Hah!

[Anonymous Coward]

At least it didn't foil my first post.

Flaw found....

[Anonymous Coward]

...."iln" story title

Flaw Found iIn Slashdot Editors

[Anonymous Coward]

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."

Wow..

[brandonsr]

Hey, that's super uhh.. Does slashdot broadcast my IP?

Your computer is broadcasting sensitive info !

[FullClip]

Oh my God, they were right all along ;)

Re:Not a hard fix for open source

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Re:You assume too much

[nmg196]

> 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...

OpenBSD

[Talisman]

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? [remail.org]

Re:Flaw Found iIn Slashdot Editors

[edbarrett]

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

Flaw Found iIn Slashdot News Title

[Satoshi Harada]

At least it isn't a dupe...

Am I the only one tired of this?

[los furtive]

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?

Re:Flaw Found iIn Slashdot News Title

[PunchMonkey]

At least it isn't a dupe...

Just give it another 8 hours or so ;-)

So THAT'S why...

[Scratch-O-Matic]

my computer is broadcasting an internet IP address, enabling hackers to attack my computer immediately! I wonder if this is also related to my internet connection not being optimized?

Re:Or maybe Slashdot wont post news unless its ant

[nagora]

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

How I'm feeling

[corvi42]

When I read articles like this it makes me feel... iln ?!?

Posted with an infected card...

[galego]

What do you mean (ether:00:0a:83:56:04:7d) my NIC card (Full name: Jack B. Stupid) is broadcasting (SSN:123456789) sensitive information without me (birthdate:01-01-1965) knowing about it? My brother-in-law (my home phone: [phone]) helped me install it and insured me (my cell phone: [phone]) it was fine. He even installed a (paypal id/pwd: [e-mail]/myPass) firewall to help protect my home network. I'll have to (send donations to:[e-mail]) check with him though, and see what he knows about it.

Re:Or maybe

[Anonymous Coward]

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