An exploitable denial of service exists in the the Joyent SmartOS OS 20161110T013148Z Hyprlofs file system. The vulnerability is present in the Ioctl system call with the command HYPRLOFSADDENTRIES when used with a 32 bit model. An attacker can cause a buffer to be allocated and never freed. When repeatedly exploit this will result in memory exhaustion, resulting in a full system denial of service.
References
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https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0258 | Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory |
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0258 | Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory |
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History
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References | () https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0258 - Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory |
Information
Published : 2018-09-07 12:29
Updated : 2024-11-21 03:00
NVD link : CVE-2016-9040
Mitre link : CVE-2016-9040
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-9040
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Products Affected
joyent
- smartos
CWE
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption