Denial of service in Oracle Enterprise Communications Broker and Palo Alto PAN-OS - CVE-2014-9708
Published: October 13, 2016 / Updated: January 3, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU945
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9708
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated user to cause DoS conditions on the target system.
The weakness exists due to null pointer dereference. By sending a specially crafted HTTP Range Header value, attackers can trigger the web service crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability leads to denial of service on the vulerable system.
The weakness exists due to null pointer dereference. By sending a specially crafted HTTP Range Header value, attackers can trigger the web service crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability leads to denial of service on the vulerable system.
Affected software
Oracle Enterprise Communications Broker
Palo Alto PAN-OS
Palo Alto PAN-OS
How to mitigate CVE-2014-9708
Update to version 5.1.13 or later.