CVE-2017-8933 Denial of service in n/a
A local attacker can cause a denial of service by exploiting insecure temporary file usage in the menu cache library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-8933?
CVE-2017-8933 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 May 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Libmenu-cache 1.0.2 insecurely uses /tmp for a socket file, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service (menu unavailability).
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8933?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Libmenu-Cache Project Libmenu-Cache.
How do I fix CVE-2017-8933?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2017-8933 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8933 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as CVE-2017-7499, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8933, GHSA-445v-p4f3-529c, MGASA-2017-0155, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8933.