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CVE-2018-17159

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Published: Dec 4, 2018Modified: Nov 21, 2024

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7.5
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r340854) and 11.2-RELEASE-p5, the NFS server lacks a bounds check in the READDIRPLUS NFS request. Unprivileged remote users with access to the NFS server can cause a resource exhaustion by forcing the server to allocate an arbitrarily large memory allocation.

Affected (2)

Products: Freebsd: Freebsd
Freebsd
1 product
Freebsd
Configuration A
2 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Freebsd
Freebsd
Before 11.2
Freebsd
Version 11.2 p5

Related CWEs

CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

References (8)

Source: secteam@freebsd.org
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: secteam@freebsd.org
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: secteam@freebsd.org
Third Party Advisory
Source: secteam@freebsd.org
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

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