Resource management error in FreeBSD - CVE-2014-3711
Published: October 27, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41194
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-2014-3711
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: FreeBSD Foundation
Affected software:
FreeBSD
FreeBSD
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
namei in FreeBSD 9.1 through 10.1-RC2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via vectors that trigger a sandboxed process to look up a large number of nonexistent path names.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-3711
Install update from vendor's website.