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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 23, 2013· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2013-5666

CVE-2013-5666

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.

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Affected products

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  • FreeBSD/FreeBSD3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 9.2-RC1, 9.2-RC2

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