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CVE-2013-5666

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CVE-2013-5666

Published: Sep 23, 2013

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

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affected
n/a

References

FreeBSD-SA-13:11
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FREEBSD
97142
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
1029013
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK

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