CVE-2014-7968 Denial of service in n/a
Medium 5.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-7968 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2014-7968 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Oct 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-7968 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-7968/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-7968/index.md)
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in VDSM by keeping SSL connections open, blocking legitimate connections.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-7968?
CVE-2014-7968 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Oct 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
VDSM allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection blocking) by keeping an SSL connection open.
Weakness: CWE-310
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-7968?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (24)
vdsm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.14.18-4.el6ev |
vdsm-cli Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.14.18-4.el6ev |
vdsm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.14.18-4.el6ev |
vdsm-hook-vhostmd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.14.18-4.el6ev |
vdsm-python Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.14.18-4.el6ev |
vdsm-python-zombiereaper Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.14.18-4.el6ev |
vdsm-reg Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.14.18-4.el6ev |
vdsm-xmlrpc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.14.18-4.el6ev |
vdsm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.14.18-4.el7ev |
vdsm-api Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.14.18-4.el7ev |
vdsm-bootstrap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.14.18-4.el7ev |
vdsm-cli Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.14.18-4.el7ev |
vdsm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.14.18-4.el7ev |
vdsm-hook-openstacknet Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.14.18-4.el7ev |
vdsm-hook-vhostmd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.14.18-4.el7ev |
vdsm-jsonrpc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.14.18-4.el7ev |
vdsm-python Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.14.18-4.el7ev |
vdsm-python-zombiereaper Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.14.18-4.el7ev |
vdsm-reg Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.14.18-4.el7ev |
vdsm-xmlrpc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.14.18-4.el7ev |
vdsm-yajsonrpc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | All versions | 0:4.14.18-4.el7ev |
vdsm Red Hat:rhev_manager:3 | All versions | 0:4.14.18-4.el6ev |
vdsm-bootstrap Red Hat:rhev_manager:3 | All versions | 0:4.14.18-4.el6ev |
vdsm-debuginfo Red Hat:rhev_manager:3 | All versions | 0:4.14.18-4.el6ev |
Products include Redhat Virtual Desktop Service Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2014-7968?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2014-7968 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-7968 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x4hr-v69h-34j6, RHBA-2014:1946.