CVE-2008-0777

Published: Feb 15, 2008Modified: Apr 23, 2026

4.9

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (4)

Products: Freebsd: Freebsd

Freebsd

1 product

Freebsd

Configuration A

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Freebsd Freebsd	Version 5.5
Freebsd Freebsd	Version 6.2
Freebsd Freebsd	Version 6.3
Freebsd Freebsd	Version 7.0

Related CWEs

CWE-264

References (8)

http://secunia.com/advisories/28928

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:03.sendfile.asc

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://securitytracker.com/id?1019416

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27789

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitPatch

http://secunia.com/advisories/28928

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:03.sendfile.asc

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

http://securitytracker.com/id?1019416

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27789

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitPatch

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