CVE-2018-17159 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.07709.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Freebsd	Freebsd

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:p5::::::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-8934	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106192
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042164
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-24/
https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:13.nfs.asc

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: freebsd

Published: 2018-12-04T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:39:59.559Z

Reserved: 2018-09-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-17159

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-12-04T15:29:00.353

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:53:59.230

Link: CVE-2018-17159

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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