Vector: | Remote |
Severity: | Medium |
Patch: | Patched |
Impact: | Denial of Service (DoS) |
Software: | FreeBSD 9.x , vulnerable versions: =9.3 |
An attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability is caused due to a NULL pointer dereference error when handling RE_CONFIG chunks. An attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Solution:
For FreeBSD 9.x: Update FreeBSD or apply the patch.
Links:
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-15:03.sctp.asc