Information disclosure in NetBSD - #VU17408

 

Information disclosure in NetBSD - #VU17408

Published: February 7, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17408
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to an inverted logic in netbsd32 caused some kernel memory bytes to wrongfully be copied to userland. A local attacker can obtain data from kernel memory.

Affected software

NetBSD

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.


External References

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