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CVE-2008-0777

The sendfile system call in FreeBSD 5.5 through 7.0 does not check the access flags of the file descriptor used for sending a file, which allows local users to read the contents of write-only files.

Published

2008-02-15T02:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	5.5	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	6.2	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	6.3	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	7.0	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/28928 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:03.sendfile.asc Patch ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019416 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27789 Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28928 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:03.sendfile.asc Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019416 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27789 Exploit, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)