Memory leak in NetBSD - #VU17419

 

Memory leak in NetBSD - #VU17419

Published: February 7, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17419
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: NetBSD Foundation, Inc
Affected software:
NetBSD

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The weakness exists due to many bytes of kernel stack were leaked in the msgctl system call implemented in the compatibility layers. A local attacker can obtain data from kernel memory.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources