CVE-2014-8476

Publication date 13 November 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
kfreebsd-8	14.10 utopic	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life

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Patch details

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
kfreebsd-8	Upstream: http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-14:25/setlogin.patch

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:25.setlogin.asc
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8476