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.
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EUVD 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

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

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

Link: CVE-2013-5666

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-5666

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