SB2016012906 - Data Handling in FreeBSD
Published: January 29, 2016 Updated: August 9, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016012906
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) Data Handling (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1882)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
FreeBSD 9.3 before p33, 10.1 before p26, and 10.2 before p9 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via vectors related to creating a TCP connection with the TCP_MD5SIG and TCP_NOOPT socket options.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.