VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-8476
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.
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.39%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 33th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- freebsd/freebsd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61118
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62218
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3070Vendor Advisory
- 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-3070Vendor Advisory
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14%3A25.setlogin.asc
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.