PT-2018-13927
CVE-2018-17154
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Published
2018-09-28
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Updated
2018-11-23
Description by
CVSS 3.1
5.5
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
FreeBSD versions prior to 11.2-STABLE(r338987)
FreeBSD versions prior to 11.2-RELEASE-p4
FreeBSD versions prior to 11.1-RELEASE-p15
Description
The issue is caused by insufficient memory checking in the freebsd4 getfsstat system call, which can lead to a NULL pointer dereference. This can result in a denial of service. Unprivileged authenticated local users may be able to exploit this issue.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 11.2-STABLE(r338987), update to 11.2-STABLE(r338987) or later.
For versions prior to 11.2-RELEASE-p4, update to 11.2-RELEASE-p4 or later.
For versions prior to 11.1-RELEASE-p15, update to 11.1-RELEASE-p15 or later.
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