National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3893

Overview

Microsoft Bitlocker in Windows Vista before SP1 stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer during boot, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Solution

Upgrade to Vista Service Pack 1}

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External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-0801.html

Hyperlink:http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-0801.html

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31619

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31619