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CVE-2014-6417

net/ceph/auth_x.c in Ceph, as used in the Linux kernel before 3.16.3, does not properly consider the possibility of kmalloc failure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long unencrypted auth ticket.

Published

2014-09-28T10:55:10.627

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 3.4.105	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 3.10.55	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 3.12.29	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 3.14.19	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 3.16.3	Yes

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c27a3e4d667fdcad3db7b104f75659478e0c68d8 ([email protected])
http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/8979 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/9560 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.3 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2376-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2377-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2378-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2379-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1142072 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c27a3e4d667fdcad3db7b104f75659478e0c68d8 Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c27a3e4d667fdcad3db7b104f75659478e0c68d8 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/8979 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/9560 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.3 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2376-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2377-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2378-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2379-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1142072 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c27a3e4d667fdcad3db7b104f75659478e0c68d8 Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)