FreeBSD pty Handling Multiple Local Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

BID:27284

Info

FreeBSD pty Handling Multiple Local Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 27284
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2008-0216
CVE-2008-0217
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jan 14 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 15 2008 06:48PM
Credit: John Baldwin is credited with the discovery of these issues.
Vulnerable: FreeBSD FreeBSD 6.0 .x
FreeBSD FreeBSD 6.0 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 6.0 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.5 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.5 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.4 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.4 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.4 -PRERELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.3 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.3 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.3 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.3
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.2.1 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.2 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.2 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.2
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.1 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.1 -RELEASE/Alpha
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.1 -RELEASE-p5
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.1 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.1
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.0 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.0 -RELEASE-p14
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.0
FreeBSD FreeBSD 7.0 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 7.0 -PRERELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 6.3 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 6.3
FreeBSD FreeBSD 6.2 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 6.2 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 6.2
FreeBSD FreeBSD 6.1 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 6.1 -RELEASE-p10
FreeBSD FreeBSD 6.1 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 6.0 -RELEASE-p5
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

FreeBSD pty Handling Multiple Local Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

FreeBSD is prone to multiple local information-disclosure vulnerabilities due to errors in the pty-handling mechanisms.

Local attackers may exploit these issues to capture text from other users' terminals and gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The issues affect FreeBSD 5.0 and higher versions.

Exploit / POC

FreeBSD pty Handling Multiple Local Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

Attackers can exploit these issues using standard tools.

Solution / Fix

FreeBSD pty Handling Multiple Local Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

Solution:
The vendor released updates to address these issues. Please see the references for more information.

References

FreeBSD pty Handling Multiple Local Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

References:

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