Description
The kernel in FreeBSD 4.x to 4.11 and 5.x to 5.4 does not properly clear certain fixed-length buffers when copying variable-length data for use by applications, which could allow those applications to read previously used sensitive memory.
References
- ADV-2005-2256 vdb-entry
- 17368 third-party-advisory
- APPLE-SA-2005-10-31 vendor-advisory
- 15252 vdb-entry
- 13526 vdb-entry