CVE-2014-7970MEDIUM
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Description
The pivot_root implementation in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17 does not properly interact with certain locations of a chroot directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (mount-tree loop) via . (dot) values in both arguments to the pivot_root system call.
References
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/60174
http://secunia.com/advisories/61142
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/08/21
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70319
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030991
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg79153.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2419-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2420-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151095
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2014-10-13
Updated: 2020-08-14
Type: CWE-400
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 4.9
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Impact Score: 6.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v3
Base Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 1.8
Severity: MEDIUM
Vulnerable Software
Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
Configuration 2
OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 3.17 (inclusive)
Configuration 3
OR
Tenable Plugins
| ID | Name | Product | Family | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 137516 | EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2020-1674) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | critical |
| 124977 | EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1524) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | high |
| 124807 | EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1483) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | high |
| 119567 | Oracle Linux 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4301) | Nessus | Oracle Linux Local Security Checks | high |
| 102734 | CentOS 7 : kernel (CESA-2017:1842) (Stack Clash) | Nessus | CentOS Local Security Checks | high |
| 102645 | Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20170801) | Nessus | Scientific Linux Local Security Checks | high |
| 102511 | Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2017-1842-1) (Stack Clash) | Nessus | Oracle Linux Local Security Checks | critical |
| 102281 | Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2017-1842) (Stack Clash) | Nessus | Oracle Linux Local Security Checks | high |
| 102151 | RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2017:2077) | Nessus | Red Hat Local Security Checks | high |
| 102143 | RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2017:1842) (Stack Clash) | Nessus | Red Hat Local Security Checks | high |
| 99163 | OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0057) (Dirty COW) | Nessus | OracleVM Local Security Checks | critical |
| 82691 | OracleVM 3.3 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2015-0040) | Nessus | OracleVM Local Security Checks | high |
| 82020 | SuSE 11.3 Security Update : Linux Kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 10412 / 10415 / 10416) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
| 81966 | Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2015-3012) | Nessus | Oracle Linux Local Security Checks | high |
| 81567 | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2513-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | medium |
| 80168 | Ubuntu 14.10 : linux regression (USN-2448-2) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | high |
| 80167 | Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-utopic regression (USN-2447-2) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | high |
| 80034 | Ubuntu 14.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2448-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | high |
| 80033 | Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities (USN-2447-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | high |
| 79725 | Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2014-455) | Nessus | Amazon Linux Local Security Checks | high |
| 79610 | Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2014:230) | Nessus | Mandriva Local Security Checks | high |
| 79435 | Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2420-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | medium |
| 79434 | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerabilities (USN-2419-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | medium |
| 78800 | Fedora 21 : kernel-3.17.1-300.fc21 (2014-12955) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | medium |
| 78582 | Fedora 19 : kernel-3.14.22-100.fc19 (2014-13020) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | medium |
| 78574 | Fedora 20 : kernel-3.16.6-200.fc20 (2014-13045) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | medium |