CVE-2008-3898 Information

Description

Secu Star DriveCrypt Plus Pack 3.9 stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer before and after use which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/31605 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4213 http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-0807.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495803/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30818