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CVE-2014-8476

The setlogin function in FreeBSD 8.4 through 10.1-RC4 does not initialize the buffer used to store the login name, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a call to getlogin, which returns the entire buffer.

Published

2014-11-13T21:32:07.703

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-200
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System freebsd freebsd 8.4 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 9.0 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 9.0 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 9.0 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 9.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 9.2 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 9.3 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 10.0 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 10.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 10.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 10.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 10.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 10.1 Yes
References