CVE-2009-1436

CVE-2009-1436 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

The db interface in libc in FreeBSD 6.3, 6.4, 7.0, 7.1, and 7.2-PRERELEASE does not properly initialize memory for Berkeley DB 1.85 database structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a database file.

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