Vulnerability Details CVE-2014-8476
The setlogin function in FreeBSD 8.4 through 10.1-RC4 does not initialize the buffer used to store the login name, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a call to getlogin, which returns the entire buffer.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 21.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 2.1
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61118
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62218
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3070
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14%3A25.setlogin.asc
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61118
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62218
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3070
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14%3A25.setlogin.asc
Products affected by CVE-2014-8476
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cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.0
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cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.1
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cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:8.4
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cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.0
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cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.1
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cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.2
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cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.3