CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-9645
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The add_probe function in modutils/modprobe.c in BusyBox before 1.23.0 allows local users to bypass intended restrictions on loading kernel modules via a / (slash) character in a module name, as demonstrated by an "ifconfig /usbserial up" command or a "mount -t /snd_pcm none /" command.
Affected configurations
• busybox busybox (<= 1.22.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=4e314faa0aecb66717418e9a47a4451aec59262b Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/15 seclists.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72324 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=7652 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185707 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html lists.debian.org
- https://plus.google.com/+MathiasKrause/posts/PqFCo4bfrWu Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-13 security.gentoo.org
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/ usn.ubuntu.com
- http://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=4e314faa0aecb66717418e9a47a4451aec59262b Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/15 seclists.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72324 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=7652 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185707 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html lists.debian.org
- https://plus.google.com/+MathiasKrause/posts/PqFCo4bfrWu Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-13 security.gentoo.org
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/ usn.ubuntu.com