CVE-2009-1436

medium

Description

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.

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022113

http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:07.libc.asc

http://secunia.com/advisories/34810

http://osvdb.org/53918

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10756

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-04-27

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium