CVE-2014-6496 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Oracle MySQL Server via unspecified vectors related to SSL handling.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not stated
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-6496?
CVE-2014-6496 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Juniper Junos Space, published on 15 Oct 2014. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL Server 5.5.39 and earlier, and 5.6.20 and earlier, allows remote attackers to affect availability via vectors related to CLIENT:SSL:yaSSL, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-6494.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-6496?
It affects 8 products.
Products include Juniper Junos Space, Mariadb Mariadb, Oracle Mysql, Oracle Solaris, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Linux Enterprise Server and 2 more.
How do I fix CVE-2014-6496?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2014-6496 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-6496 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Juniper Junos Space
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wrgj-j3g5-8865, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-6496.