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CVE-2014-9728 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2014-9728

CVE-2014-9728

UNKNOWN

The UDF filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3

Published Aug 31, 2015

Modified 1 years ago

Details

The UDF filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 does not validate certain lengths, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and system crash) via a crafted filesystem image, related to fs/udf/inode.c and fs/udf/symlink.c.

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a1d47b262952a45aae62bd49cfaf33dd76c11a2c

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e159332b9af4b04d882dbcfe1bb0117f0a6d4b58

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e237ec37ec154564f8690c5bd1795339955eeef9

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00023.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00049.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00018.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00021.html

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/02/7

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74964

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228229

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a1d47b262952a45aae62bd49cfaf33dd76c11a2c

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e159332b9af4b04d882dbcfe1bb0117f0a6d4b58

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e237ec37ec154564f8690c5bd1795339955eeef9

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9728

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Exploitability

Access Vector

LocalAV:L

Access Complexity

LowAC:L

Authentication

NoneAu:N

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

CompleteA:C

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

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedAug 31, 2015

ModifiedAug 6, 2024