Description
The SIOCGIFCONF ioctl (ifconf function) in FreeBSD 4.x through 4.11 and 5.x through 5.4 does not properly clear a buffer before using it, which allows local users to obtain portions of sensitive kernel memory.
References
- ADV-2005-2256 vdb-entry
- 14959 third-party-advisory
- 17368 third-party-advisory
- APPLE-SA-2005-10-31 vendor-advisory
- 15252 vdb-entry
- 15514 vdb-entry
- freebsd-ifconf-information-disclosure(20114) vdb-entry