Resource management error in Novell Opensuse

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU40863

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3619

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

The __socket_proto_state_machine function in GlusterFS 3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a "00000000" fragment header.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Opensuse: 13.1

GlusterFS: 3.5 - 13.1

External links

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0145.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00031.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00056.html
http://review.gluster.org/#/c/8662/4
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:211
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1138145

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.