CVE-2005-1406 Information

Description

The kernel in FreeBSD 4.x to 4.11 and 5.x to 5.4 does not properly clear certain fixed-length buffers when copying variable-length data for use by applications which could allow those applications to read previously used sensitive memory.

Reference

ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:08.kmem.asc http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Oct/msg00000.html http://secunia.com/advisories/17368 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13526 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15252 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2256