CVE-2015-5674 Denial of service in n/a
Remote authenticated users can crash the routed daemon via a specific query, causing denial of service on FreeBSD systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-5674?
CVE-2015-5674 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 5 Feb 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The routed daemon in FreeBSD 9.3 before 9.3-RELEASE-p22, 10.2-RC2 before 10.2-RC2-p1, 10.2-RC1 before 10.2-RC1-p2, 10.2 before 10.2-BETA2-p3, and 10.1 before 10.1-RELEASE-p17 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a query from a network that is not directly connected.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5674?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Freebsd Freebsd.
How do I fix CVE-2015-5674?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-5674 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-2015-5674 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5674 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Freebsd Freebsd
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4cjm-fcj7-ch6h.