CVE-2014-9491 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The devzvol_readdir function in illumos does not check the return value of a strchr call, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0082.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-9308	The devzvol_readdir function in illumos does not check the return value of a strchr call, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via unspecified vectors.

Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/27
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99686
https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/d65686849024838243515b5c40ae2c479460b4b5
https://www.illumos.org/issues/5421

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-01-20T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:47:40.902Z

Reserved: 2015-01-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-9491

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-01-20T15:59:06.627

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-9491

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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