CVE-2014-8476 | BDVDB-2026-66175 Detail

Description#

The setlogin function in FreeBSD 8.4 through 10.1-RC4 does not initialize the buffer used to store the login name, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a call to getlogin, which returns the entire buffer.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3070
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14%3A25.setlogin.asc
http://secunia.com/advisories/62218
http://secunia.com/advisories/61118

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12014-11-13Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.