CVE-2014-6418

high

Description

net/ceph/auth_x.c in Ceph, as used in the Linux kernel before 3.16.3, does not properly validate auth replies, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted data from the IP address of a Ceph Monitor.

References

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1142073

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2379-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2378-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2377-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2376-1

http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/9561

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c27a3e4d667fdcad3db7b104f75659478e0c68d8

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2014-6298

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/7

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.3

http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/8979

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c27a3e4d667fdcad3db7b104f75659478e0c68d8

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-09-28

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.04881