Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.65013
Category:	FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Title:	FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-09:13.pipe.asc)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update to the system; as announced in the referenced advisory FreeBSD-SA-09:13.pipe.asc
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory FreeBSD-SA-09:13.pipe.asc Vulnerability Insight: Pipes are a form of inter-process communication (IPC) provided by the FreeBSD kernel. kqueue is an event management API that applications can use to monitor pipes and other kernel services. A race condition exists in the pipe close() code relating to kqueues, causing use-after-free for kernel memory, which may lead to an exploitable NULL pointer vulnerability in the kernel, kernel memory corruption, and other unpredictable results. Solution: Upgrade your system to the appropriate stable release or security branch dated after the correction date. CVSS Score: 6.9 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-3527 BugTraq ID: 36375 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36375 Bugtraq: 20090913 Re: [Full-disclosure] FreeBSD <= 6.1 kqueue() NULL pointer dereference (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506449 FreeBSD Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-09:13 http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:13.pipe.asc http://osvdb.org/58544 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022982
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