CVE-2010-2693
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Published: July 13, 2010 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:21 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFreeBSD
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
Description
FreeBSD 7.1 through 8.1-PRERELEASE does not copy the read-only flag when creating a duplicate mbuf buffer reference, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system file corruption) and gain privileges via the sendfile system call.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/40567Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-10:07.mbuf.ascVDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024182VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1787Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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