CVE-2014-6490 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in the Solaris SMB server component, affecting system availability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not stated
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2014-6490?
CVE-2014-6490 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Sunos, published on 15 Oct 2014. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 11 allows remote attackers to affect availability via vectors related to SMB server user component.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-6490?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sun Sunos.
How do I fix CVE-2014-6490?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-6490 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-2014-6490 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-6490 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Sunos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m5wf-g7qr-xp9v.