CVE-2014-9644
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.55 % · percentile 46 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- mitre
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a bind system call for an AF_ALG socket with a parenthesized module template expression in the salg_name field, as demonstrated by the vfat(aes) expression, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-7421.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management
References
- https://plus.google.com/+MathiasKrause/posts/PqFCo4bfrWu
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0068.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2544-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190546
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/4
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2546-1
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:057
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.5
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72320
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4943ba16bbc2db05115707b3ff7b4874e9e3c560
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2545-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4943ba16bbc2db05115707b3ff7b4874e9e3c560
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2543-1
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | LOW 2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2014-9454
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2014-9644
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2015-AVI-498 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les noyaux Linux Red Hat · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2015-AVI-121 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2015-AVI-081 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 3.18.5cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |