Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Ubuntu - CVE-2014-1424

 

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: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-1424
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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."


Affected software

Ubuntu

How to mitigate CVE-2014-1424

Install update from vendor's website.


External References

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