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.
Published: 2014-11-13
Score: 2.1 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3070-1 kfreebsd-9 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-8313 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:18:48.291Z

Reserved: 2014-10-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-8476

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Status : Modified

Published: 2014-11-13T21:32:07.703

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-8476

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