SB2015010205 - Resource management errors in Linux kernel batman-adv
Published: January 2, 2015
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015010205
CSH Severity
Low
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 vulnerability.
1) Resource management errors (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9428)
CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors
CVSSv4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to resource management errors error within the batadv_frag_merge_packets() function in net/batman-adv/fragmentation.c. A remote non-authenticated attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/774155
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5b6698b0e4a37053de35cc24ee695b98a7eb712b
- https://lists.open-mesh.org/pipermail/b.a.t.m.a.n/2014-November/012561.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/31/7
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5b6698b0e4a37053de35cc24ee695b98a7eb712b
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg309425.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2518-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2515-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2516-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2517-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147864.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147973.html