CVE-2014-4501

10.0 · HIGH

Published Jul 23, 2014 sgminer_project CWE-119 EPSS 2.91% (86th pctl) AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Overview

CVE-2014-4501 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting sgminer_project sgminer. It was published on July 23, 2014 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 10.0, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in sgminer before 4.2.2, cgminer before 4.3.5, and BFGMiner before 3.3.0 allow remote pool servers to have unspecified impact via a long URL in a client.reconnect stratum message to the (1) extract_sockaddr or (2) parse_reconnect functions in util.c.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from sgminer_project. Update sgminer to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Status
sgminer_project	sgminer	Affected
cgminer_project	cgminer	Affected
bfgminer	bfgminer	Affected

References

Ref seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/118 GitHub github.com/ckolivas/cgminer/commit/e1c5050734123973b99d181c45e74b2cbb00272e GitHub github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer/commit/c80ad8548251eb0e15329fc240c89070640c9d79 GitHub github.com/sgminer-dev/sgminer/commit/78cc408369bdbbd440196c93574098d1482efbce GitHub github.com/sgminer-dev/sgminer/commit/b65574bef233474e915fdf18614aa211e31cc6c2 Ref seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/118 GitHub github.com/ckolivas/cgminer/commit/e1c5050734123973b99d181c45e74b2cbb00272e GitHub github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer/commit/c80ad8548251eb0e15329fc240c89070640c9d79 GitHub github.com/sgminer-dev/sgminer/commit/78cc408369bdbbd440196c93574098d1482efbce GitHub github.com/sgminer-dev/sgminer/commit/b65574bef233474e915fdf18614aa211e31cc6c2

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2014-4501?

CVE-2014-4501 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting sgminer_project sgminer. It was published on July 23, 2014 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2014-4501?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 10.0, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2014-4501?

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