CVE-2008-3901

2022-10-0316:13:42

mitre

www.cve.org

software suspend

pre-boot authentication

bios keyboard buffer

linux kernel 2.6.16

sensitive information

5.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 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