Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:11691Denial Of Service
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
The kernel-rt packages is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) attack. The attack exists because it does not properly restrict the traversal of Rock Ridge extension Continuation Entries (CE), allowing a local attacker to cause an infinite loop in the kernel, resulting in a denial of service.
References
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f54e18f1b831c92f6512d2eedb224cd63d607d3d
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f54e18f1b831c92f6512d2eedb224cd63d607d3d
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147864.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147973.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00035.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00009.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1081.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1137.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1138.html
secunia.com/advisories/62801
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/25/4
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2490-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2491-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2492-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2493-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2515-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2516-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2517-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2518-1
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1081
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1137
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1138
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1139
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9420
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175235
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217849
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223077
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f54e18f1b831c92f6512d2eedb224cd63d607d3d
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1138.html
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html
Related
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C