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CVE-2005-1406

CVE-2005-1406

EPSS 0.4%
The kernel in FreeBSD 4.x to 4.11 and 5.x to 5.4 does not properly clear certain fixed-length buffers when copying variable-length data for use by applications, which could allow those applications to read previously used sensitive memory.
Affected products
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References
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:08.kmem.aschttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Oct/msg00000.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17368http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13526http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15252http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2256