Resource Management Errors Affecting freebsd package, versions [0,5.21)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.36% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREEBSD-2383198
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed17 Dec 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 17 Dec 2014

CVE-2014-8116  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade freebsd to version 5.21 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. The ELF parser (readelf.c) in file before 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a large number of (1) program or (2) section headers or (3) invalid capabilities.

CVSS Scores

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