Executive Summary

Summary
Title GNUstep Base library: Denial of Service
Informations
Name GLSA-201412-20 First vendor Publication 2014-12-13
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2014-12-13
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A vulnerability in GNUstep Base library could lead to Denial of Service.

Background

GNUstep Base library is a free software package implementing the API of the OpenStep Foundation Kit (tm), including later additions.

Description

GNUstep Base library does not properly handle the file descriptor for logging, when run as a daemon.

Impact

A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GNUstep Base library users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.24.6-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-2980 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2980

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-20.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-20.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-12-15 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201412-20.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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2014-12-16 13:25:45
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2014-12-13 21:22:16
  • First insertion