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NetBSD if_bridge Kernel Memory Disclosure Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA19464
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Release Date:
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2006-03-30
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Last Update:
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2006-04-06
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Popularity:
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7,155 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Exposure of sensitive information
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| OS: | NetBSD 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-1588
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in NetBSD, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain knowledge of potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability is caused due to the bridge ioctl calls not zeroing out used stack memory, which may expose random portions of kernel memory to a calling process.
Solution:
Fixes are not available for the 1.6 branch. Upgrade to a later version for which fixes are available (see vendor advisory for additional information).
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Xin Li.
Changelog:
2006-04-06: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-005.txt.asc
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