CVE-2018-6920

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-6920
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-05-08 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-06-13 13:14:00 UTC
DescriptionIn FreeBSD before 11.1-STABLE(r332303), 11.1-RELEASE-p10, 10.4-STABLE(r332321), and 10.4-RELEASE-p9, due to insufficient initialization of memory copied to userland in the Linux subsystem and Atheros wireless driver, small amounts of kernel memory may be disclosed to userland processes. Unprivileged authenticated local users may be able to access small amounts of privileged kernel data.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd All All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
FreeBSD CVE-2018-6920 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-18:05.mem.asc CONFIRM security.FreeBSD.org Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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