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CVE-2014-4943

Date: July 19, 2014

The PPPoL2TP feature in net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.6 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging data-structure differences between an l2tp socket and an inet socket.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.4

Related Resources (28)

Url: http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3047.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html

Url: http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0924.html

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030610

Url: http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36267

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4943

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1119458

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2992

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3cf521f7dc87c031617fd47e4b7aa2593c2f3daf

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/60380

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4943

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/60220

Url: http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/109277

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/1

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94665

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4943

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3cf521f7dc87c031617fd47e4b7aa2593c2f3daf

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1025.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/60071

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/60393

Url: http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3048.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/59790

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/60011

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-4943

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-4943

Severity Score

7.4

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

Improper Privilege Management

CWE-269

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.4
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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Date: July 19, 2014

Language: C

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