Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2014-5471

 

Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2014-5471

Published: September 1, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU41358
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-5471
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Stack consumption vulnerability in the parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (uncontrolled recursion, and system crash or reboot) via a crafted iso9660 image with a CL entry referring to a directory entry that has a CL entry.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Fedora
kernel

How to mitigate CVE-2014-5471

Install update from vendor's website.

kernel - update to 3.16.2-300.fc21

External References

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