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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.52653
Category:FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Title:FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-04:11.msync.asc)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to the system; as announced in the referenced advisory FreeBSD-SA-04:11.msync.asc
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory FreeBSD-SA-04:11.msync.asc

Vulnerability Insight:
The msync(2) system call is used by applications to request that
modified memory pages are written to permanent storage.

Programming errors in the implementation of the msync(2) system call
involving the MS_INVALIDATE operation lead to cache consistency
problems between the virtual memory system and on-disk contents.

Solution:
Upgrade your system to the appropriate stable release
or security branch dated after the correction date.

CVSS Score:
3.6

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0435
BugTraq ID: 10416
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10416
FreeBSD Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-04:11
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:11.msync.asc
http://secunia.com/advisories/11714
XForce ISS Database: freebsd-msync-gain-privileges(16254)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16254
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