National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-1436
Original release date:04/27/2009
Last revised:06/15/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The db interface in libc in FreeBSD 6.3, 6.4, 7.0, 7.1, and 7.2-PRERELEASE does not properly initialize memory for Berkeley DB 1.85 database structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a database file.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.9
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
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External Source: BID
Name: 34666
Type: Patch Information
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1022113
External Source: FREEBSD
Name: FreeBSD-SA-09:07
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34810
Type: Advisory
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 53918