Information disclosure in OpenBSD - #VU14517

 

Information disclosure in OpenBSD - #VU14517

Published: August 23, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU14517
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenBSD
Affected software:
OpenBSD

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to absent security check when saving user's FPU in vm_machdep.c file. A local user can read FPU state of another userland process. 



Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources