CVE-2018-17159

Published Dec 4, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 4.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-8934 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
freebsd
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 10:39 AM
Reserved
Sep 18, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 4, 2018, 3:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:45 AM