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FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-05:02.sendfile.asc)

🗓️ 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.Type 
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The sendfile(2) system call in FreeBSD allows transmission of file contents over a network connection, potentially exposing random portions of kernel memory if the file is truncated during transmission

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc.
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.52661");
  script_version("2023-07-26T05:05:09+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-26 05:05:09 +0000 (Wed, 26 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-04 20:41:11 +0200 (Thu, 04 Sep 2008)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-0708");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_name("FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-05:02.sendfile.asc)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
  script_family("FreeBSD Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/freebsd", "ssh/login/freebsdpatchlevel");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The sendfile(2) system call allows a server application (such as an HTTP
or FTP server) to transmit the contents of a file over a network
connection without first copying it to application memory.  High
performance servers such as Apache and ftpd use sendfile.

If the file being transmitted is truncated after the transfer has
started but before it completes, sendfile(2) will transfer the contents
of more or less random portions of kernel memory in lieu of the
missing part of the file.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade your system to the appropriate stable release
  or security branch dated after the correction date.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FreeBSD-SA-05:02.sendfile.asc");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12993");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to the system
  as announced in the referenced advisory FreeBSD-SA-05:02.sendfile.asc");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("pkg-lib-bsd.inc");

vuln = FALSE;

if(patchlevelcmp(rel:"5.3", patchlevel:"7")<0) {
  vuln = TRUE;
}
if(patchlevelcmp(rel:"4.11", patchlevel:"2")<0) {
  vuln = TRUE;
}
if(patchlevelcmp(rel:"4.10", patchlevel:"7")<0) {
  vuln = TRUE;
}
if(patchlevelcmp(rel:"4.8", patchlevel:"29")<0) {
  vuln = TRUE;
}

if(vuln) {
  security_message(port:0);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
  exit(99);
}

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26 Jul 2023 00:00Current
7High risk
Vulners AI Score7
CVSS 210
EPSS0.02268
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