CVE-2006-1588

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

The bridge ioctl (if_bridge code) in NetBSD 1.6 through 3.0 does not clear sensitive memory before copying ioctl results to the requesting process, which allows local users to obtain portions of kernel memory.

The bridge ioctl (if_bridge code) in NetBSD 1.6 through 3.0 does not clear sensitive memory before copying ioctl results to the requesting process, which allows local users to obtain portions of kernel memory.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

NetBSD

First reported 18 years ago

2006-04-03 10:04:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-20 01:30:00

Affected Software

NetBSD 1.6

1.6

NetBSD 1.6 Beta

1.6

NetBSD 1.6.1

1.6.1

NetBSD 1.6.2

1.6.2

NetBSD 2.0

2.0

NetBSD 2.0.1

2.0.1

NetBSD 2.0.2

2.0.2

NetBSD 2.0.3

2.0.3

NetBSD 2.1

2.1

NetBSD 3.0

3.0

References

NetBSD-SA2006-005

Vendor Advisory

19464

Vendor Advisory

1015846

Patch

24262

17312

Patch, Vendor Advisory

bsd-ifbridge-information-disclosure(25582)

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