CVE-2014-9744 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory exhaustion by sending numerous ClientHello messages to applications using PolarSSL.
- 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-2014-9744?
CVE-2014-9744 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 24 Aug 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory leak in PolarSSL before 1.3.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of ClientHello messages. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT from CVE-2014-8628 per ADT3 due to different affected versions.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9744?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Opensuse Opensuse, Polarssl Polarssl.
How do I fix CVE-2014-9744?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9744 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-2014-9744 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9744 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Opensuse
Sources
Also known as GHSA-99v5-5368-pxv4.