PT-2005-5446 · Netbsd · Netbsd

Published 2005-12-31 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-4783

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NetBSD versions prior to 20050831

Description The issue concerns a lack of offset checking in the kernfs xread function within kernfs vnops.c, allowing local users to read arbitrary kernel memory.

Recommendations For versions prior to 20050831, update to a version released after 20050831 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-4783

Affected Products

Netbsd

References · 8

• http://releng.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/req-3.cgi?show=727 · Patch
• http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/miscfs/kernfs/kernfs_vnops.c · Patch
• http://osvdb.org/20729 · Patch
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015132 · Patch
• http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/miscfs/kernfs/kernfs_vnops.c.diff?r1=1.110&r2=1.111&f=h · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4783 · Security Note
• http://packetstormsecurity.org/0601-advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-001.txt · Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2005/10/31/0000.html · Note