CVE-2005-1406

high

Description

The kernel in FreeBSD 4.x to 4.11 and 5.x to 5.4 does not properly clear certain fixed-length buffers when copying variable-length data for use by applications, which could allow those applications to read previously used sensitive memory.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2256

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15252

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13526

http://secunia.com/advisories/17368

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Oct/msg00000.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-05-06

Updated: 2011-03-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High