SB2014050204 - Buffer overflow in FreeBSD

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3000)

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to #BASIC_IMPACT#.

The TCP reassembly function in the inet module in FreeBSD 8.3 before p16, 8.4 before p9, 9.1 before p12, 9.2 before p5, and 10.0 before p2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (undefined memory access and system crash) or possibly read system memory via multiple crafted packets, related to moving a reassemble queue entry to the segment list when the queue is full.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/58293
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59034
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2952
• http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:08.tcp.asc
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67153
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030172