PT-2006-1450 · Freebsd · Freebsd Kernel

Published 2006-01-25 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2006-0379

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 FreeBSD kernel versions 5.4-STABLE through 6.0

Description The issue is related to incomplete initialization of a buffer in the kernel before it is made available to userland. This could potentially allow local users to read portions of kernel memory.

Recommendations For versions 5.4-STABLE through 6.0, update to a version that completely initializes buffers before making them available to userland. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-0379

Affected Products

Freebsd Kernel

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0379 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18599 · Vendor Advisory
• ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:06.kmem.asc · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/22730 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/16373 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015541 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24338 · Note