CVE-2014-8475 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in FreeBSD sshd by ending multiple connections before authentication, requiring Kerberos support.
- 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-2014-8475?
CVE-2014-8475 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 18 Nov 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
FreeBSD 9.1, 9.2, and 10.0, when compiling OpenSSH with Kerberos support, uses incorrect library ordering when linking sshd, which causes symbols to be resolved incorrectly and allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (sshd deadlock and prevention of new connections) by ending multiple connections before authentication is completed.
Weakness: CWE-17
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8475?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Freebsd Freebsd.
How do I fix CVE-2014-8475?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-8475 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-2014-8475 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8475 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Freebsd Freebsd
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xc4v-2r8x-72gh.