CVE-2014-3711

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-3711
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-10-27 15:55:24 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionnamei in FreeBSD 9.1 through 10.1-RC2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via vectors that trigger a sandboxed process to look up a large number of nonexistent path names.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.0 rc1 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.0 rc2 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.1 rc1 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.1 rc2 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.1 p4 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.1 p5 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.2 - All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.2 prerelease All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.2 rc1 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.2 rc2 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 rc1 All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.3 rc2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3070-1 kfreebsd-9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Security Advisory SA62218 - Debian update for kfreebsd-9 - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
FreeBSD namei Kernel Facility Memory Leak Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:22.namei.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.freebsd.org Patch
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