CVE-2015-7944 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Ganeti's RESTful interface via SSL renegotiation when SSL mode is enabled.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2015-7944?

CVE-2015-7944 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The RESTful control interface (aka RAPI or ganeti-rapi) in Ganeti before 2.9.7, 2.10.x before 2.10.8, 2.11.x before 2.11.8, 2.12.x before 2.12.6, 2.13.x before 2.13.3, 2.14.x before 2.14.2, and 2.15.x before 2.15.2, when used in SSL mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via SSL parameter renegotiation.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-7944?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Spi-Inc Ganeti.

How do I fix CVE-2015-7944?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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-2015-7944 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-7944 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7944, GHSA-g6j6-f58r-vgxm.

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