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CVE-2013-5666

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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.

Date published : 2013-09-23

http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=255442

http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-13%3a11.sendfile.asc

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