Buffer Overflow Affecting freebsd package, versions [5.4,6.0]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREEBSD-2382906
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed25 Jan 2006
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Jan 2006

CVE-2006-0379  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for freebsd.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow. FreeBSD kernel 5.4-STABLE and 6.0 does not completely initialize a buffer before making it available to userland, which could allow local users to read portions of kernel memory.

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