CVE-2013-5209

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-5209
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-08-29 12:07:56 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 8.3 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.1 p4 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.1 p5 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.2 prerelease All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
FreeBSD SCTP Discloses Portions of Kernel Memory Contents to Remote Users - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
[base] Revision 254338 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svnweb.freebsd.org Patch
FreeBSD CVE-2013-5209 Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Access Denied af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-13:10.sctp.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.freebsd.org Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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