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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

Published Aug 29, 2013

Description

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information

References (5)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 29, 2013
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Aug 15, 2013
Link CVE-2013-5209
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-2013-5209
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2013-5209