CVE-2013-5666

The sendfile system-call implementation in sys/kern/uipc_syscalls.c in the kernel in FreeBSD 9.2-RC1 and 9.2-RC2 does not properly pad transmissions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information (kernel memory) via a length greater than the length of the file.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.7 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2013-09-23

Last modified

2024-09-16

Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected products

• Freebsd (Freebsd)

References

• http://osvdb.org/97142
• http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=255442
• http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-13%3a11.sendfile.asc
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029013