SB2014050204 - Buffer overflow in FreeBSD
Published: May 2, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014050204
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3000)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to #BASIC_IMPACT#.
The TCP reassembly function in the inet module in FreeBSD 8.3 before p16, 8.4 before p9, 9.1 before p12, 9.2 before p5, and 10.0 before p2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (undefined memory access and system crash) or possibly read system memory via multiple crafted packets, related to moving a reassemble queue entry to the segment list when the queue is full.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.