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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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | 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
http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=255442
x_refsource_CONFIRM
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