SB2014082209 - Input validation error in FreeBSD
Published: August 22, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014082209
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-5384)
The vulnerability allows context-dependent attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) via a crafted argument to the iconv_open function.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.