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Unscored CVE-2008-3895 EUVD-2008-3881GHSA-38w6-5xg5-v683

LILO 22.6.1 and earlier stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer before and afte…

Published Sep 3, 2008 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

LILO 22.6.1 and earlier stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer before and after use, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer.

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