CVE-2009-1436

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-04-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

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.

Affected products

FreeBSD: 6.3, 6.3-release_p10, 6.4, 6.4-release_p4, 6.4-stable, 7.0 (+4)

References

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10756
http://osvdb.org/53918
http://secunia.com/advisories/34810
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:07.libc.asc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34666
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022113
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10756
http://osvdb.org/53918
http://secunia.com/advisories/34810
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:07.libc.asc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34666
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022113

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