PT-2018-17822 · Freebsd · Freebsd

Published 2018-05-08 · Updated 2018-06-13 · CVE-2018-6921

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FreeBSD versions prior to 11.1-STABLE(r332066) and prior to 11.1-RELEASE-p10

Description The issue is related to insufficient initialization of memory in the network subsystem, which may disclose small amounts of kernel memory to userland processes. Unprivileged authenticated local users may be able to access small amounts of privileged kernel data.

Recommendations For versions prior to 11.1-STABLE(r332066), update to 11.1-STABLE(r332066) or later. For versions prior to 11.1-RELEASE-p10, update to 11.1-RELEASE-p10 or later.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-6921

Affected Products

Freebsd

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-6921 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6921 · Security Note
• https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-18:05.mem.asc · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104118 · Note