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["Sergey A. Lipnevich" <sergeyli AT pisem.net>]

Please discontinue all Ethernet communications, destroy all Ethernet 
hardware, and sue Bob Metcalfe for damages ;-). Use pigeons in the meantime.

evraire AT tuwg.com wrote:

> "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.
> [...]
> researchers [...] have discovered that many drivers instead pad packets with 
> data from previously transmitted Ethernet frames. This results in the device 
> sending out sensitive information to other machines on the same Ethernet 
> network.
> [...]
> The Linux, NetBSD and Microsoft Windows operating systems are known to have 
> vulnerable link layer implementations, and it is extremely likely that other 
> operating systems are also affected."
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> CERT link: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/412115
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