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Medium
CVE-2013-5666
The sendfile system-call implementation in sys/kern/uipc_syscalls.c in the kernel in...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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Affected Vendor
freebsd
View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
9.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 23rd, 2013
Last Modified:
September 16th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.