Input validation error in FreeBSD Foundation products - CVE-2015-1414

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Input validation error in FreeBSD Foundation products - CVE-2015-1414

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40881
CSH Severity: Medium
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:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1414
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Rubicon Communications
Debian
FreeBSD Foundation
Affected software:
pfsense
Debian Linux
FreeBSD

Detailed vulnerability description

The 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.


How to mitigate CVE-2015-1414

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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