CVE-2008-3901

2008-09-0314:00:00

mitre

www.cve.org

software suspend

pre-boot authentication

bios keyboard buffer

linux kernel 2.6.16

sensitive information

AI Score

5.9

Confidence

Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

Software suspend 2 2-2.2.1, when used with the Linux kernel 2.6.16, stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer after use, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer.

References

www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf