CVE-2014-3676
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2014-10-13 | |
| Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
Description
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found the way shim parsed certain IPv6 addresses. If IPv6 network booting was enabled, a malicious server could supply a crafted IPv6 address that would cause shim to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.
See more information about CVE-2014-3676 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 5.8 |
| Vector String: | AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Adjacent Network |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (shim) | ELSA-2014-1801 | 2014-11-05 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (shim-signed) | ELSA-2014-1801 | 2014-11-05 |
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