CVE-2014-2678
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.7
Description
The rds_iw_laddr_check function in net/rds/iw.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a bind system call for an RDS socket on a system that lacks RDS transports.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.13.10-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.13.10-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.13.10-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.13.10-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.13.10-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | | |
| fedora | 20 | affected | |
References
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0926-1.html
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0926.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131276.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59386
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60130
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60471
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/31/10
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66543
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/3/29/188
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2678
CWEs
CWE-476
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.