CVE-2014-3425 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a denial of service in NCSA Mosaic by exhausting PID space via temporary file creation.
- 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-2014-3425?
CVE-2014-3425 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 May 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NCSA Mosaic 2.0 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service ("remote control" outage) by creating a /tmp/xmosaic.pid file for every possible PID.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3425?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Illinois Ncsa Mosaic.
How do I fix CVE-2014-3425?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-3425 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-2014-3425 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3425 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g5xw-rv47-vpjc.