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.

EPSS: 0.004 (29.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Freebsd — versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.1.1
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References