CVE-2014-1446
low
CVSS v3
—
CVSS v2
1.9
VIR risk
1.9
Description
The yam_ioctl function in drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an SIOCYAMGCFG ioctl call.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1446
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8e3fbf870481eb53b2d3a322d1fc395ad8b367ed
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.12.8-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.12.8-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.12.8-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.12.8-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.12.8-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | | |
| linux-kernel | 3.12 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 3.12.1 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 3.12.2 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 3.12.3 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 3.12.4 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 3.12.5 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 3.12.6 | affected | |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8e3fbf870481eb53b2d3a322d1fc395ad8b367ed
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-January/126858.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-January/126874.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.8
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:038
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/15/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64954
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2113-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2117-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2128-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2129-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2133-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2134-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2135-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2136-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2138-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2141-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1053620
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90445
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8e3fbf870481eb53b2d3a322d1fc395ad8b367ed
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1446
CWEs
CWE-399
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.