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CVE-2005-1406

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…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
FreebsdFreebsd
Versions 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6

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