Buffer overflow in Opensuse - CVE-2014-3985

 

Buffer overflow in Opensuse - CVE-2014-3985

Published: September 11, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU41338
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-2014-3985
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: SUSE
Affected software:
Opensuse

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The getHTTPResponse function in miniwget.c in MiniUPnP 1.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted headers that trigger an out-of-bounds read.


How to mitigate CVE-2014-3985

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources