High severity · published Jul 31, 2019
CVE-2019-14459
nfdump 1.6.17 and earlier is affected by an integer overflow in the function Process_ipfix_template_withdraw in ipfix.c that can be abused in order to crash the process remotely…
7.5
CVSS
2.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
nfdump 1.6.17 and earlier is affected by an integer overflow in the function Process_ipfix_template_withdraw in ipfix.c that can be abused in order to crash the process remotely (denial of service).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.7% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
29; 30 · source: NVD
NF
Nfdump · Nfdump Project
through 1.6.17 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14459
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14459
Patch
https://github.com/phaag/nfdump/commit/3b006ededaf351f1723aea6c727c9edd1b1fff9b
Exploit
https://github.com/phaag/nfdump/issues/171
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00021.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ULSZMKA7P7REJMANVL7D6WMZ2L7IRSET/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YTONOGJU5FSMFNRCT6OHXYUMDRKH4RPA/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-17
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