PT-2009-3939 · Freebsd+2 · Freebsd+2

Jaakko Heinonen

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Published

2009-04-27

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Updated

2016-11-28

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CVE-2009-1436

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FreeBSD versions 6.3, 6.4, 7.0, 7.1, and 7.2-PRERELEASE
Description The issue is related to the db interface in libc, which does not properly initialize memory for Berkeley DB 1.85 database structures. This allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a database file.
Recommendations For FreeBSD versions 6.3, 6.4, 7.0, 7.1, and 7.2-PRERELEASE, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

RCE

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-1436

Affected Products

Berkeley Db
Freebsd
Junos