CVE-2015-5185 Null dereference in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the SBLIM SFCB service by sending a packet with an empty className, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-5185?
CVE-2015-5185 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 28 Sep 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The lookupProviders function in providerMgr.c in sblim-sfcb 1.3.4 and 1.3.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an empty className in a packet.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5185?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (10)
sblim-sfcb SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 | All versions | 1.3.11-0.25.4 |
sblim-sfcb SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 | All versions | 1.3.11-0.25.4 |
sblim-sfcb SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | All versions | 1.4.8-5.3.3 |
sblim-sfcb SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | All versions | 1.3.11-0.25.4 |
sblim-sfcb SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA | All versions | 1.3.11-0.25.4 |
sblim-sfcb SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | All versions | 1.3.11-0.25.4 |
sblim-sfcb SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 | All versions | 1.4.8-5.3.3 |
sblim-sfcb SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 | All versions | 1.3.11-0.25.4 |
sblim-sfcb SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 | All versions | 1.3.11-0.25.4 |
sblim-sfcb SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | All versions | 1.4.8-5.3.3 |
Products include Opensuse Opensuse, Standards Based Linux Instrumentation Sblim-Sfcb.
How do I fix CVE-2015-5185?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2015-5185 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5185 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Opensuse
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h74p-5crf-72xc, SUSE-SU-2015:2116-1, SUSE-SU-2015:2218-1.