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CVE-2014-6417 Detail

Description

net/ceph/auth_x.c in Ceph, as used in the Linux kernel before 3.16.3, does not properly consider the possibility of kmalloc failure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long unencrypted auth ticket.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c27a3e4d667fdcad3db7b104f75659478e0c68d8
http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/8979 Vendor Advisory 
http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/9560 Vendor Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.3 Vendor Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/7 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2376-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2377-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2378-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2379-1 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1142072 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c27a3e4d667fdcad3db7b104f75659478e0c68d8 Exploit  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-6417
NVD Published Date:
09/28/2014
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
MITRE