Integer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2014-3601
Published: September 1, 2014 / Updated: February 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92550
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3601
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow error. A remote user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-lts-trusty (Ubuntu package)
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-lts-trusty (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2014-3601
Install update from vendor's repository.
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 3.2.0-69.103, 3.13.0-36.63
linux-lts-trusty (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.13.0-36.63~precise1
linux-lts-trusty (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.13.0-36.63~precise1
External References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1131951
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/350b8bdd689cd2ab2c67c8a86a0be86cfa0751a7
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2358-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2359-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2357-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2356-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69489
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60830
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95689
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=350b8bdd689cd2ab2c67c8a86a0be86cfa0751a7