Information disclosure in Freebsd
CVE-2013-5209
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.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
EPSS: 0.025 (83.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Freebsd — versions 8.3, 9.0, 9.1
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FREEBSD, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)