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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2014-9900

🗓️ 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus🔗 www.tenable.com👁 3 Views

CVE-2014-9900: ethtool_get_wol uninitialized; kernel up to 4.7; Android Nexus; local info leak.

Related
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ReporterTitlePublishedViews
Family
Information Security Automation		Scanvus now supports Vulners and Vulns.io VM Linux vulnerability detection APIs
30 Dec 202218:03
–avleonov
Cloud Foundry		USN-3364-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities | Cloud Foundry
4 Aug 201700:00
–cloudfoundry
CNVD		Android on Nexus Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-06239)
11 Aug 201600:00
–cnvd
CVE		CVE-2014-9900
6 Aug 201610:00
–cve
Cvelist		CVE-2014-9900
6 Aug 201610:00
–cvelist
Debian CVE		CVE-2014-9900
6 Aug 201610:00
–debiancve
Tenable Nessus		EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1485)
13 May 201900:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1525)
14 May 201900:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Ubuntu 17.04 : linux, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities (USN-3358-1)
21 Jul 201700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Ubuntu 16.10 : linux, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities (USN-3359-1)
21 Jul 201700:00
–nessus
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  - The ethtool_get_wol function in net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7, as used in Android
    before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, does not initialize a certain data structure, which
    allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug
    28803952 and Qualcomm internal bug CR570754. (CVE-2014-9900)

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if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
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var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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