FreeBSD CVE-2018-6918 Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:103666

CVE-2018-6918 |

Info

FreeBSD CVE-2018-6918 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 103666
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2018-6918
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 04 2018 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 04 2018 12:00AM
Credit: Maxime Villard
Vulnerable: FreeBSD Freebsd 11.1-RELEASE-p7
FreeBSD Freebsd 11.1-RELEASE-p4
FreeBSD Freebsd 11.1
FreeBSD Freebsd 10.4-RELEASE-p6
FreeBSD Freebsd 10.4-RELEASE-p3
FreeBSD Freebsd 10.4
FreeBSD Freebsd 10.3-RELEASE-p5
FreeBSD Freebsd 10.3-RELEASE-p4
FreeBSD Freebsd 10.3-RELEASE-p3
FreeBSD Freebsd 10.3-RELEASE-p27
FreeBSD Freebsd 10.3-RELEASE-p24
FreeBSD Freebsd 10.3-RELEASE-p20
FreeBSD Freebsd 10.3-RELEASE-p2
FreeBSD Freebsd 10.3-RELEASE-p19
FreeBSD Freebsd 10.3-RELEASE-p15
FreeBSD Freebsd 10.3-RELEASE-p13
FreeBSD Freebsd 10.3-RELEASE-p1
FreeBSD Freebsd 10.3
Not Vulnerable: FreeBSD Freebsd 11.1-STABLE
FreeBSD Freebsd 11.1-RELEASE-p9
FreeBSD Freebsd 10.4-STABLE
FreeBSD Freebsd 10.4-RELEASE-p8
FreeBSD Freebsd 10.3-RELEASE-p29

Discussion

FreeBSD CVE-2018-6918 Denial of Service Vulnerability

FreeBSD is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to cause the application to enter an infinite loop which may cause denial-of-service.

Exploit / POC

FreeBSD CVE-2018-6918 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

FreeBSD CVE-2018-6918 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References

FreeBSD CVE-2018-6918 Denial of Service Vulnerability

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