LILO 22.6.1 and earlier stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer before and after use, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-3881 LILO 22.6.1 and earlier stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer before and after use, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:53:00.419Z

Reserved: 2008-09-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-3895

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-09-03T14:12:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-3895

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