CVE-2007-3654 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a system panic in NetBSD via malicious ioctl values in display driver functions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-3654?
CVE-2007-3654 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Netbsd Netbsd, published on 17 Sep 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The display driver allocattr functions in NetBSD 3.0 through 4.0_BETA2, and NetBSD-current before 20070728, allow local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a (1) negative or (2) large value in an ioctl call, as demonstrated by the vga_allocattr function.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3654?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Netbsd Netbsd.
How do I fix CVE-2007-3654?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-3654 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2007-3654 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3654 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Netbsd Netbsd
Sources
Also known as GHSA-38f4-mv4f-q5xx.