SB2015081309 - Ubuntu update for linux
Published: August 13, 2015 Updated: October 31, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Information exposure (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3917)
CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor
CVSSv4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to read memory contents or crash the application.
kernel/auditsc.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.5, when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled with certain syscall rules, allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive single-bit values from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a large value of a syscall number.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.