22730 : FreeBSD Uninitialized Buffer Arbitrary Kernel Memory Disclosure
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2006-01-25

Keywords

FreeBSD-SA-06:06.kmem

Description

FreeBSD contains a flaw that may lead to an unauthorized information disclosure. The issue is triggered when a buffer allocated from the kernel stack is not completely initialized before being copied to userland, which may disclose portions of kernel memory resulting in a loss of confidentiality.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Information Disclosure
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 5-STABLE or 6-STABLE, or to the RELENG_6_0 security branch dated after the correction date, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. In addition, FreeBSD has released a patch for some older versions.

Products

FreeBSD Project	FreeBSD	5.4-STABLE
		6.0

References

Security Tracker: 1015541
Bugtraq ID: 16373
Secunia Advisory ID: 18599
CVE ID: 2006-0379 (see also: NVD)
SCIP VulDB ID: 2012
Related OSVDB ID: 22731
Keyword: FreeBSD-SA-06:06.kmem
Other Advisory URL: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:06.kmem.asc
Vendor Specific Solution URL: ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-06:06/kmem.patch ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-06:06/kmem.patch.asc ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-06:06/kmem60.patch ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-06:06/kmem60.patch.asc
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-01/0405.html
Vendor URL: http://www.freebsd.org

Credit

Xin LI - delphijfrontfree.net -
Karl Janmar -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 2.1
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-01-26 | Disagree?

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