SB2014051207 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Linux kernel

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SB2014051207 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Linux kernel

Published: May 12, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2014051207
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-1738)

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CVSSv4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The raw_cmd_copyout function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly restrict access to certain pointers during processing of an FDRAWCMD ioctl call, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging write access to a /dev/fd device.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References