SB2017121002 - Denial of service in OpenBSD
Published: December 10, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017121002
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
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) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: N/A)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can send specially crafted MPLS data and cause the target kernel to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.