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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 29, 2013· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2013-5209

CVE-2013-5209

Description

The sctp_send_initiate_ack function in sys/netinet/sctp_output.c in the SCTP implementation in the kernel in FreeBSD 8.3 through 9.2-PRERELEASE does not properly initialize the state-cookie data structure, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading packet data in INIT-ACK chunks.

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  • FreeBSD/FreeBSD7 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.1:p4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.1:p5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.2:prerelease:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: >=8.3 <=9.2-PRERELEASE

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