Improper initialization in OpenBSD - #VU14206

 

Improper initialization in OpenBSD - #VU14206

Published: August 7, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU14206
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-665
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenBSD
Affected software:
OpenBSD

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to incorrect initialization of the FPU. A remote attacker can trigger floating point exceptions when the affected software is running on Xen and cause the service to crash.

Remediation

Update to version 6.2.

Sources