CVE-2005-4783 | BDVDB-2026-16256 Detail
Description#
kernfs_xread in kernfs_vnops.c in NetBSD before 20050831 does not check for a negative offset when reading the message buffer, which allows local users to read arbitrary kernel memory.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015132
- http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/miscfs/kernfs/kernfs_vnops.c.diff?r1=1.110&r2=1.111&f=h
- http://releng.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/req-3.cgi?show=727
- http://www.osvdb.org/20729
- http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0601-advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-001.txt
- http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2005/10/31/0000.html
- http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/miscfs/kernfs/kernfs_vnops.c
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.