In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r340854) and 11.2-RELEASE-p5, the NFS server lacks a bounds check in the READDIRPLUS NFS request. Unprivileged remote users with access to the NFS server can cause a resource exhaustion by forcing the server to allocate an arbitrarily large memory allocation.
References
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106192 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042164 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-24/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:13.nfs.asc | Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: freebsd
Published: 2018-12-04T15:00:00
Updated: 2018-12-13T10:57:01
Reserved: 2018-09-18T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-17159
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2018-12-04T15:29:00.353
Modified: 2018-12-31T16:45:40.850
Link: CVE-2018-17159
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE