CVE - CVE-2014-8476

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-8476	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The setlogin function in FreeBSD 8.4 through 10.1-RC4 does not initialize the buffer used to store the login name, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a call to getlogin, which returns the entire buffer.
References
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DEBIAN:DSA-3070 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3070 FREEBSD:FreeBSD-SA-14:25 URL:https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14%3A25.setlogin.asc SECUNIA:61118 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/61118 SECUNIA:62218 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/62218
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20141024	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20141024)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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