Description
Secu Star DriveCrypt Plus Pack 3.9 stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer before and after use, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31605 ↗
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-0807.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30818 ↗
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html ↗
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495803/100/0/threaded ↗
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4213 ↗