CVE-2014-9491

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-9491
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-20 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-08 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe devzvol_readdir function in illumos does not check the return value of a strchr call, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via unspecified vectors.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Illumos Illumos All All All All
Application Illumos Illumos All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
illumos gate - Bug #5421: devzvol_readdir() needs to be more careful with strchr - illumos.org CONFIRM www.illumos.org
oss-sec: Re: CVE Request for illumos distributions MLIST seclists.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
5421 devzvol_readdir() needs to be more careful with strchr · d656868 · illumos/illumos-gate · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
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