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CVE-2014-7970 Detail

Description

The pivot_root implementation in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17 does not properly interact with certain locations of a chroot directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (mount-tree loop) via . (dot) values in both arguments to the pivot_root system call.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  10/13/2014

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.9 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.9
Exploitability Subscore: 3.9

Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/08/21 Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70319
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030991
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg79153.html Exploit
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2419-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2420-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151095 Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96921
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0d0826019e529f21c84687521d03f60cd241ca7d

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-7970
NVD Published Date:
10/13/2014
NVD Last Modified:
01/04/2018