SB2014102703 - Resource management error in FreeBSD
Published: October 27, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014102703
Severity
Medium
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) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3711)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
namei in FreeBSD 9.1 through 10.1-RC2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via vectors that trigger a sandboxed process to look up a large number of nonexistent path names.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.