SB2014092813 - Resource management error in Linux kernel
Published: September 28, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014092813
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-6410)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The __udf_read_inode function in fs/udf/inode.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16.3 does not restrict the amount of ICB indirection, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop or stack consumption) via a UDF filesystem with a crafted inode.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c03aa9f6e1f938618e6db2e23afef0574efeeb65
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142722450701342&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142722544401658&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1318.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69799
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2374-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2375-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2376-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2377-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2378-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2379-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1141809
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c03aa9f6e1f938618e6db2e23afef0574efeeb65