CVE-2005-4783 (GCVE-0-2005-4783)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-04-14 10:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:03
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
kernfs_xread in kernfs_vnops.c in NetBSD before 20050831 does not check for a negative offset when reading the message buffer, which allows local users to read arbitrary kernel memory.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
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| http://www.osvdb.org/20729 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB |
| http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0601-advisorie… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_NETBSD |
| http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2005… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/miscf… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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