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CVE-2005-1406

The kernel in FreeBSD 4.x to 4.11 and 5.x to 5.4 does not properly clear certain fixed-length buffers when copying variable-length data for use by applications, which could allow those applications to read previously used sensitive memory.

Published

2005-05-06T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System freebsd freebsd 4.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 4.2 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 4.3 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 4.4 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 4.5 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 4.6 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 4.7 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 4.8 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 4.9 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 4.10 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 4.11 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.2 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.3 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.4 Yes
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