CVE-2015-5185

Public Exploit

Description

The lookupProviders function in providerMgr.c in sblim-sfcb 1.3.4 and 1.3.18 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an empty className in a packet.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.15% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172667.html	vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172634.html	vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/21/2	mailing list exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91212	vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00019.html	vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172659.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-5185?: CVE-2015-5185 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-5185?: To fix CVE-2015-5185, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-5185 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2015-5185 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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