CVE-2013-5666 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2013-09-23

Score: 4.7 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.2:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.2:rc2::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2013-5505	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00068.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Freebsd Freebsd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2013-09-23T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T20:22:52.107Z

Reserved: 2013-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-5666

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-09-23T20:55:07.387

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-5666

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-200

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