# CVE-2014-3018: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service by flooding IP packets to IBM BladeCenter SAS modules, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Jan 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2xg8-976j-2c3f

## What is CVE-2014-3018?

CVE-2014-3018 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Jan 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM BladeCenter SAS Connectivity Module (aka NSSM) and SAS RAID Module (aka RSSM) before 1.3.3.006 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a flood of IP packets.

Weakness: CWE-399

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3018?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Ibm Sas Connectivity Module Firmware, Ibm Sas Raid Module Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-3018?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-3018 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-3018 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3018 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2014-3019](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3019/): Auth bypass in n/a (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-3018 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-3018 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Jan 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3018 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3018/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3018/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3018
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3018
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-3018

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