CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-1417

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The inet module in FreeBSD in versions before 10.2-PRERELEASE, 10.2-BETA2-p2, 10.2-RC1-p1, 10.1 before 10.1-RELEASE-p16, 9.x before 9.3-STABLE, 9.3-RELEASE-p21, and 8.x before 8.4-STABLE, 8.4-RELEASE-p35, with VNET enabled and at least 16 VNET instances is vulnerable to a denial of service attack (mbuf consumption) via multiple concurrent TCP connections.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to disrupt services on systems, leading to downtime and potential financial losses for the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the system to the latest version that includes security patches addressing this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The inet module in FreeBSD 10.2x before 10.2-PRERELEASE, 10.2-BETA2-p2, 10.2-RC1-p1, 10.1x before 10.1-RELEASE-p16, 9.x before 9.3-STABLE, 9.3-RELEASE-p21, and 8.x before 8.4-STABLE, 8.4-RELEASE-p35 on systems with VNET enabled and at least 16 VNET instances allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (mbuf consumption) via multiple concurrent TCP connections.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS