Heap-based buffer overflow in Squid and Oracle Solaris - CVE-2014-6270
Published: September 12, 2014 / Updated: October 4, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33654
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-6270
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Squid-cache.org
Oracle
Oracle
Affected software:
Squid
Oracle Solaris
Squid
Oracle Solaris
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Off-by-one error in the snmpHandleUdp function in snmp_core.cc in Squid 2.x and 3.x, when an SNMP port is configured,. A remote attacker can use a crafted UDP SNMP request to trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-6270
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00040.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/542
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/550
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69686
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2921-1
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=895773
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1139967
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95873
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-01