Information disclosure in FreeBSD
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2013-6832 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-200 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
FreeBSD Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
| Vendor | FreeBSD Foundation |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure
EUVDB-ID: #VU42344
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6832
CWE-ID:
CWE-200 - Information exposure
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The nand_ioctl function in sys/dev/nand/nand_geom.c in the nand driver in the kernel in FreeBSD 10 and earlier does not properly initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted ioctl call.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsFreeBSD: 0.4_1 - 9.2
External linkshttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2013-11/0106.html
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
