CVE-2014-6417

Public Exploit

Description

net/ceph/auth_x.c in Ceph, as used in the Linux kernel before 3.16.3, does not properly consider the possibility of kmalloc failure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long unencrypted auth ticket.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.59% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ceph.com Vendor Advisory ceph.com Vendor Advisory kernel.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2377-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1142072 issue tracking third party advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c27a3e4d667fdcad3db7b104f75659478e0c68d8 third party advisory exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/7 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2378-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/9560 vendor advisory
http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/8979 vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2379-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.3 vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2376-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c27a3e4d667fdcad3db7b104f75659478e0c68d8

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-6417?
CVE-2014-6417 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-6417?
To fix CVE-2014-6417, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-6417 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-6417 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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