Description
Integer signedness error in the sockargs function in sys/kern/uipc_syscalls.c in FreeBSD 10.1 before p34, 10.2 before p17, and 10.3 before p3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory overwrite and kernel panic) or gain privileges via a negative buflen argument, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2016-2981 | Integer signedness error in the sockargs function in sys/kern/uipc_syscalls.c in FreeBSD 10.1 before p34, 10.2 before p17, and 10.3 before p3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory overwrite and kernel panic) or gain privileges via a negative buflen argument, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T23:10:39.995Z
Reserved: 2016-01-13T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2016-1887
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Status : Modified
Published: 2016-05-25T15:59:03.880
Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220
Link: CVE-2016-1887
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD