Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Ubuntu - CVE-2014-1424
Published: November 24, 2014 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41067
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-1424
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Canonical Ltd.
Affected software:
Ubuntu
Ubuntu
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate or delete data.
apparmor_parser in the apparmor package before 2.8.95~2430-0ubuntu5.1 in Ubuntu 14.04 allows attackers to bypass AppArmor policies via unspecified vectors, related to a "miscompilation flaw."
How to mitigate CVE-2014-1424
Install update from vendor's website.