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Ncsa Mosaic CVE-2014-3425

LOW
2014-05-08 cve@mitre.org
2.1
CVSS 2.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
P

Lifecycle Timeline

1
CVE Published
May 08, 2014 - 10:55 cve.org
LOW 2.1

DescriptionCVE.org

NCSA Mosaic 2.0 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service ("remote control" outage) by creating a /tmp/xmosaic.pid file for every possible PID.

AnalysisAI

NCSA Mosaic 2.0 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service ("remote control" outage) by creating a /tmp/xmosaic.pid file for every possible PID. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.1), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

NCSA Mosaic 2.0 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service ("remote control" outage) by creating a /tmp/xmosaic.pid file for every possible PID. Affected products include: Illinois Ncsa Mosaic.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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