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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:51:49.496Z

Reserved: 2005-05-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-1406

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-05-06T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-1406

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