CVE-2008-3895 | BDVDB-2026-32230 Detail

Description#

LILO 22.6.1 and earlier stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer before and after use, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495801/100/0/threaded
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4211

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12008-09-03Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.