Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2003-1289
CVE-2003-1289
Description
The iBCS2 system call translator for statfs in NetBSD 1.5 through 1.5.3 and FreeBSD 4 up to 4.8-RELEASE-p2 and 5 up to 5.1-RELEASE-p1 allows local users to read portions of kernel memory (memory disclosure) via a large length parameter, which copies additional kernel memory into userland memory.
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References
5- secunia.com/advisories/9504nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- securitytracker.com/idnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.osvdb.org/2406nvdPatch
- ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-03:10.ibcs2.ascnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12892nvd
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