>> FreeBSD "fw_ioctl()" Integer Overflow Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Title : FreeBSD "fw_ioctl()" Integer Overflow Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-4561 CVE ID : CVE-2006-6013
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : No Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-11-17
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in FreeBSD, which could be exploited by local attackers to disclose sensitive information. This flaw is due to an integer overflow error in the "fw_ioctl()" [dev/firewire/fwdev.c] function that does not properly handle malformed arguments, which could be exploited by malicious users to gain unauthorized read access to the system memory.
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