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CVE-2008-0777

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The sendfile system call in FreeBSD 5.5 through 7.0 does not check the access flags of the file descriptor used for sending a file, which allows local users to read the contents of write-only files.

Date published : 2008-02-14

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27789

http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:03.sendfile.asc

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