Vulnerability in FreeBSD
CVE-2005-1126
The SIOCGIFCONF ioctl (ifconf function) in FreeBSD 4.x through 4.11 and 5.x through 5.4 does not properly clear a buffer before using it, which allows local users to obtain portions of sensitive kernel memory.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (27.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- FreeBSD — versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.1.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2256 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/14959 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/17368 (third-party-advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Oct/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15252 (vdb-entry)
- www.osvdb.org/15514 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20114 (vdb-entry)