FKIE_CVE-2008-3895

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-09-03 14:12 - Updated: 2026-04-23 00:35
Severity ?
Summary
LILO 22.6.1 and earlier stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer before and after use, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/4211
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdfExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495801/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4211
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdfExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495801/100/0/threaded
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
lilo lilo *
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lilo lilo 22.5.7
lilo lilo 22.5.7.2
lilo lilo 22.5.8
lilo lilo 22.5.9
lilo lilo 22.6
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