NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2014-0101
Published: March 11, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41952
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/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-2014-0101
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote 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 an SCTP handshake with a modified INIT chunk and a crafted AUTH chunk before a COOKIE_ECHO chunk.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-0101
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ec0223ec48a90cb605244b45f7c62de856403729
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0328.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0419.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0432.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59216
- http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/300/sol15317.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/04/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65943
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2173-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2174-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1070705
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ec0223ec48a90cb605244b45f7c62de856403729