CVE-2014-6518 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.6 Published 21 Jan 2015 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Local attackers can compromise integrity and availability of Oracle Solaris systems via Unix File System vulnerabilities.

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-2014-6518?

CVE-2014-6518 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Sunos, published on 21 Jan 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Solaris 10 and 11 allows local users to affect integrity and availability via vectors related to Unix File System (UFS).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-6518?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sun Sunos.

How do I fix CVE-2014-6518?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-6518 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-2014-6518 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-6518 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-qxcw-72gh-mh4g.