CVE-2014-1874
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2014-02-28 02:00
Modified
2024-08-06 09:58
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2172fa709ab32ca60e86179dc67d0857be8e2c98
secalert@redhat.comhttp://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0771.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3043.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/59262Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/59309Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/59406Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.4Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65459Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2128-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2129-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2133-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2134-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2135-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2136-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2137-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2138-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2140-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2141-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062356Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2172fa709ab32ca60e86179dc67d0857be8e2c98Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
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