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CVE-2005-1406

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
06/05/2005
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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