CVE-2014-8476
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 13, 2014
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 24, 2014
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- DSA-3070vendor-advisory
- FreeBSD-SA-14:25vendor-advisory
- 62218third-party-advisory
- 61118third-party-advisory
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