CVE-2014-3711

N/A Unknown
Published: October 27, 2014 Modified: May 06, 2026
View on NVD

Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62218
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/62218
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3070
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031100
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:22.namei.asc
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.6%
70th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

freebsd