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CVE-2006-1588

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-04-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The bridge ioctl (if_bridge code) in NetBSD 1.6 through 3.0 does not clear sensitive memory before copying ioctl results to the requesting process, which allows local users to obtain portions of kernel memory.

Affected products

• Netbsd: 1.6, 1.6-beta, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 2.0, 2.0.1 (+4)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/19464
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015846
• http://www.osvdb.org/24262
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17312
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25582
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19464
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015846
• http://www.osvdb.org/24262
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17312
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25582

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