CVE-2014-9644

LOW

Description

The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a bind system call for an AF_ALG socket with a parenthesized module template expression in the salg_name field, as demonstrated by the vfat(aes) expression, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-7421.

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4943ba16bbc2db05115707b3ff7b4874e9e3c560

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0068.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.5

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:057

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/4

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72320

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2543-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2544-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2545-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2546-1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190546

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4943ba16bbc2db05115707b3ff7b4874e9e3c560

https://plus.google.com/+MathiasKrause/posts/PqFCo4bfrWu

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2015-03-02

Updated: 2020-05-21

Type: CWE-269

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: LOW

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2

OR

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3

OR

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4

OR

cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

View all (22 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
124985EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1532)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
high
124809EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1485)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
critical
99163OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0057) (Dirty COW)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
critical
90019OracleVM 3.2 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2016-0037)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
critical
88571RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2015:2411)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
medium
88405RHEL 6 : MRG (RHSA-2016:0068)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
high
87836Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3503)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
medium
87835Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3502)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
medium
87559Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20151119)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
medium
87135CentOS 7 : kernel (CESA-2015:2152)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
high
87090Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2015-2152)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
high
86972RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2015:2152)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
high
82691OracleVM 3.3 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2015-0040)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
critical
82073Ubuntu 14.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2546-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
critical
82072Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities (USN-2545-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
critical
82071Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2544-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
82070Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerabilities (USN-2543-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
81966Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2015-3012)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
high
81941Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2015:058)NessusMandriva Local Security Checks
high
81940Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2015:057)NessusMandriva Local Security Checks
medium
81567Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2513-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
medium
81449Debian DSA-3170-1 : linux - security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
critical