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ghsa-h9p4-8w88-cwc7

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-17 04:21

Modified

2022-05-17 04:21

Details

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.

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cve-2014-8476

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2014-11-13 15:00

Modified

2024-08-06 13:18

Severity ?

Summary

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.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3070	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
	https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14%3A25.setlogin.asc	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FREEBSD
	http://secunia.com/advisories/62218	third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
	http://secunia.com/advisories/61118	third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	n/a	n/a

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