CVE-2014-6417
high
CVSS v3
—
CVSS v2
7.8
VIR risk
7.8
Description
net/ceph/auth_x.c in Ceph, as used in the Linux kernel before 3.16.3, does not properly consider the possibility of kmalloc failure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long unencrypted auth ticket.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6417
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.3
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/9560
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/8979
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 3.16.3-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 3.16.3-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.16.3-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.16.3-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.16.3-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | 3.4.105 |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c27a3e4d667fdcad3db7b104f75659478e0c68d8
- http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/8979
- http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/9560
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/7
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2376-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2377-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2378-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2379-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1142072
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c27a3e4d667fdcad3db7b104f75659478e0c68d8
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6417
CWEs
CWE-399
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.