CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-1874
4.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-02-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The security_context_to_sid_core function in security/selinux/ss/services.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging the CAP_MAC_ADMIN capability to set a zero-length security context.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 3.13.4)
• suse linux enterprise server 10
• canonical ubuntu linux 10.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 13.10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2172fa709ab32ca60e86179dc67d0857be8e2c98 git.kernel.org
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0771.html Third Party Advisory
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3043.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59262 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59309 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59406 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.4 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65459 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2128-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2129-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2133-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2134-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2135-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2136-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2137-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2138-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2140-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2141-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062356 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2172fa709ab32ca60e86179dc67d0857be8e2c98 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2172fa709ab32ca60e86179dc67d0857be8e2c98 git.kernel.org
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0771.html Third Party Advisory
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3043.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59262 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59309 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59406 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.4 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65459 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2128-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2129-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2133-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2134-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2135-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2136-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2137-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2138-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2140-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2141-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062356 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2172fa709ab32ca60e86179dc67d0857be8e2c98 Patch, Third Party Advisory