#VU17405 Memory leak in NetBSD
Published: February 7, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17405
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
NetBSD
NetBSD
Software vendor:
NetBSD Foundation, Inc
NetBSD Foundation, Inc
Description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists due to eight bytes of kernel stack were leaked when executing execve. A local attacker can obtain data from kernel memory.
The weakness exists due to eight bytes of kernel stack were leaked when executing execve. A local attacker can obtain data from kernel memory.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.