CVE-2006-1588

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-1588
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-04-03 10:04:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe bridge ioctl (if_bridge code) in NetBSD 1.6 through 3.0 does not clear sensitive memory before copying ioctl results to the requesting process, which allows local users to obtain portions of kernel memory.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.000780000 probability, percentile 0.231330000 (date 2026-04-19)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.6 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.6 beta All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.6.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.6.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 2.0 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 2.0.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 2.0.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 2.0.3 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 2.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 3.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-005.txt.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.NetBSD.org Vendor Advisory
NetBSD If_Bridge(4) Kernel Memory Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Secunia - Advisories - NetBSD if_bridge Kernel Memory Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
NetBSD if_bridge() May Disclose Portions of Kernel Memory to Local Users - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Patch
www.osvdb.org/24262 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
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