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CVE-2008-3895
Published: Sep 3, 2008
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html
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20080825 [IVIZ-08-008] LILO Security Model bypass exploiting wrong BIOS API usage
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4211
third-party-advisory
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