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CVE-2005-1406

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CVE-2005-1406

Published: May 6, 2005

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The kernel in FreeBSD 4.x to 4.11 and 5.x to 5.4 does not properly clear certain fixed-length buffers when copying variable-length data for use by applications, which could allow those applications to read previously used sensitive memory.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

n/a

affected
n/a

References

ADV-2005-2256
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
17368
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
APPLE-SA-2005-10-31
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_APPLE
15252
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
13526
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID

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