CVE-2014-3955 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the routed daemon in FreeBSD by sending RIP requests from non-directly connected networks, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2014-3955?
CVE-2014-3955 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 27 Oct 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
routed in FreeBSD 8.4 through 10.1-RC2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via an RIP request from a source not on a directly connected network.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3955?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Freebsd Freebsd.
How do I fix CVE-2014-3955?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-3955 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-2014-3955 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3955 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Freebsd Freebsd
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4h3x-hxg6-g2h6.