CVE-2014-8476
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
2.1
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3070
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| freebsd | 8.4 | affected | |
| freebsd | 9.0 | affected | |
| freebsd | 9.1 | affected | |
| freebsd | 9.2 | affected | |
| freebsd | 9.3 | affected | |
| freebsd | 10.0 | affected | |
| freebsd | 10.1 | affected | |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61118
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62218
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3070
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14%3A25.setlogin.asc
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61118
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62218
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3070
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14%3A25.setlogin.asc
CWEs
CWE-200
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.