Risk | Medium |
Patch available | NO |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2015-1414 |
CWE-ID | CWE-20 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
pfsense Server applications / IDS/IPS systems, Firewalls and proxy servers Debian Linux Operating systems & Components / Operating system FreeBSD Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
Vendor |
Rubicon Communications Debian FreeBSD Foundation |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU40881
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1414
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows remote 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 (crash) via a crafted IGMP packet, which triggers an incorrect size calculation and allocation of insufficient memory.
MitigationCybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Vulnerable software versionspfsense: 2.2.1
Debian Linux: 2.2.1 - 7.0
FreeBSD: 2.2.1 - 10.1
External linkshttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3175
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72777
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031798
http://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10107
http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-15:04.igmp.asc
http://www.pfsense.org/security/advisories/pfSense-SA-15_02.igmp.asc
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.