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CVE-2018-17159 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-24/ CVEThird Party Advisory
https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:13.nfs.asc CVEThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106192 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042164 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-24/ [email protected]Third Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
freebsd freebsd
< 11.2
11.2 p5

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:p5:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-17159
NVD Published Date:
Dec 4, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-17159 Details - Not Deferred