CVE-2006-0379 (GCVE-0-2006-0379)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-01-25 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 16:34
VLAI
Summary
FreeBSD kernel 5.4-STABLE and 6.0 does not completely initialize a buffer before making it available to userland, which could allow local users to read portions of kernel memory.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
http://secunia.com/advisories/18599 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015541 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.osvdb.org/22730 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16373 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2006-01-25 00:00
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