NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2014-2678
Published: April 1, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41866
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2678
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a bind system call for an RDS socket on a system that lacks RDS transports.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-2678
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0926.html
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0926-1.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131276.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59386
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60130
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60471
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/31/10
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66543
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/3/29/188