Command Injection in Opensuse and Fedora - CVE-2014-9114
Published: March 31, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU39310
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9114
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
Blkid in util-linux before 2.26rc-1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code.
Affected software
Opensuse
Fedora
Gentoo Linux
util-linux
Fedora
Gentoo Linux
util-linux
How to mitigate CVE-2014-9114
Install update from vendor's website.
util-linux - update to 2.25.2-2.fc21
External References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145188.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/146229.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00035.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/26/21
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71327
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168485
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98993
- https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/89e90ae7b2826110ea28c1c0eb8e7c56c3907bdc
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-14