Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 26, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-5736
CVE-2008-5736
Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in FreeBSD 6 before 6.4-STABLE, 6.3 before 6.3-RELEASE-p7, 6.4 before 6.4-RELEASE-p1, 7.0 before 7.0-RELEASE-p7, 7.1 before 7.1-RC2, and 7 before 7.1-PRERELEASE allow local users to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors related to function pointers that are "not properly initialized" for (1) netgraph sockets and (2) bluetooth sockets.
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Affected products
18cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 17 more
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.3:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.3:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.3:p3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.3:p4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.3:p5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.3:p6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0:p3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0:p4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0:p5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0:p6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <6.4-STABLE, <6.3-RELEASE-p7, <6.4-RELEASE-p1, <7.0-RELEASE-p7, <7.1-RC2, <7.1-PRERELEASE
Patches
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References
9- secunia.com/advisories/33209nvdVendor Advisory
- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:13.protosw.ascnvdVendor Advisory
- securityreason.com/securityalert/8124nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16951nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32976nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7581nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- osvdb.org/50936nvdBroken Link
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47570nvdVDB Entry
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