CVE-2014-9731

Description

The UDF filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 does not ensure that space is available for storing a symlink target's name along with a trailing \0 character, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted filesystem image, related to fs/udf/symlink.c and fs/udf/unicode.c.

Category

2.1
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.06%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory kernel.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-07-01
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00021.html vendor advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0e5cc9a40ada6046e6bc3bdfcd0c0d7e4b706b14
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00049.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html vendor advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.2 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228220
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0e5cc9a40ada6046e6bc3bdfcd0c0d7e4b706b14
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00023.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00018.html vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/03/4 mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75001 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-9731?
CVE-2014-9731 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-9731?
To fix CVE-2014-9731, 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-2014-9731 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2014-9731 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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