CVE-2013-5209
N/A
Published: August 29, 2013 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:58 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFreeBSD
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=254338Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
Source: [email protected]
http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-13:10.sctp.ascQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200
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