CVE-2014-1874

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 5
Modified
Published: 28 Feb 2014, 02:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 09:58

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
20/100
CVSS Score
4.9 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.06% LOW
0% probability -0.03%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

28 Feb 2014, 02:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 09:58
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The security_context_to_sid_core function in security/selinux/ss/services.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging the CAP_MAC_ADMIN capability to set a zero-length security context.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.06%• Percentile: 18%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-20•Improper Input Validation

    The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    10.04 | 12.04 | 12.10 | 13.10

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 3.13.4

  • suse•linux_enterprise_server

    10:sp4

References (23)