PT-2005-2403 · Freebsd · Freebsd

Colin Percival + 2 · Published 2005-05-06 · Updated 2011-03-08 · CVE-2005-1406

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: FreeBSD versions 4.x through 4.11 FreeBSD versions 5.x through 5.4

Description: The issue is related to the kernel in FreeBSD not properly clearing certain fixed-length buffers when copying variable-length data for use by applications. This could allow applications to read previously used sensitive memory.

Recommendations: For versions 4.x through 4.11, update to a version that properly clears fixed-length buffers. For versions 5.x through 5.4, update to a version that properly clears fixed-length buffers. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-1406

Affected Products

Freebsd

References · 7

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Oct/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1406 · Security Note
• ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:08.kmem.asc · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17368 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2256 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/13526 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/15252 · Note