Resource management error in Opensuse and GlusterFS - CVE-2014-3619

 

Resource management error in Opensuse and GlusterFS - CVE-2014-3619

Published: March 27, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40863
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3619
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: SUSE
Gluster Inc.
Affected software:
Opensuse
GlusterFS

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

The __socket_proto_state_machine function in GlusterFS 3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a "00000000" fragment header.


How to mitigate CVE-2014-3619

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources