CVE-2014-6417

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.

CVSS v2.0 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/7	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c27a3e4d667fdcad3db7b104f75659478e0c68d8	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1142072	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/9560	Vendor Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.3	Vendor Advisory
http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/8979	Vendor Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c27a3e4d667fdcad3db7b104f75659478e0c68d8	Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2377-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2376-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2379-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2378-1	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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Information

Published : 2014-09-28 03:55

Updated : 2023-01-18 18:46

NVD link : CVE-2014-6417

Mitre link : CVE-2014-6417

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-399

Resource Management Errors

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

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