FKIE_CVE-2014-9491

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-01-20 15:59 - Updated: 2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
Summary
The devzvol_readdir function in illumos does not check the return value of a strchr call, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via unspecified vectors.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/27
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99686
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/d65686849024838243515b5c40ae2c479460b4b5
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.illumos.org/issues/5421
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/27
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99686
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/d65686849024838243515b5c40ae2c479460b4b5
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.illumos.org/issues/5421
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
illumos illumos *
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