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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 13, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2014-8476

CVE-2014-8476

Description

The setlogin function in FreeBSD 8.4 through 10.1-RC4 does not initialize the buffer used to store the login name, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a call to getlogin, which returns the entire buffer.

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Affected products

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  • FreeBSD/FreeBSD14 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 13 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 8.4 through 10.1-RC4

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