Vulnerability in Freebsd

CVE-2008-5736

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in FreeBSD 6 before 6.4-STABLE, 6.3 before 6.3-RELEASE-p7, 6.4 before 6.4-RELEASE-p1, 7.0 before 7.0-RELEASE-p7, 7.1 before 7.1-RC2, and 7 before 7.1-PRERELEASE allow local users to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors related to function pointers that are "not properly initialized" for (1) netgraph sockets and (2) bluetooth sockets.

EPSS: 0.012 (64.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Freebsd — versions 6.0, 6.3, 6.4
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
  • cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SREASON, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FREEBSD, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-5736?
CVE-2008-5736 is a vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under CWE-264. Published 2008-12-26.
Is CVE-2008-5736 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.