Vulnerability identifier: #VU43781

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2677

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Apache Commons Pool
Universal components / Libraries / Software for developers

Vendor: Apache Foundation

Description

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

Integer overflow in the ordered_malloc function in boost/pool/pool.hpp in Boost Pool before 3.9 makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to perform memory-related attacks such as buffer overflows via a large memory chunk size value, which causes less memory to be allocated than expected.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Apache Commons Pool: 2.0.0

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External links
http://kqueue.org/blog/2012/03/05/memory-allocator-security-revisited/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083416.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082977.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:065
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/05/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/07/13
http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/78326
http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/6701

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.