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CVE-2014-9644

Date: March 2, 2015

The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a bind system call for an AF_ALG socket with a parenthesized module template expression in the salg_name field, as demonstrated by the vfat(aes) expression, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-7421.

Language: C

Severity Score

4.0

Related Resources (24)

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:057

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4943ba16bbc2db05115707b3ff7b4874e9e3c560

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9644

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72320

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2543-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2544-1

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190546

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/4

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9644

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2545-1

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0068.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2546-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.5

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-9644

Url: https://plus.google.com/+MathiasKrause/posts/PqFCo4bfrWu

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9644

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4943ba16bbc2db05115707b3ff7b4874e9e3c560

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-9644

Severity Score

4.0

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

Improper Privilege Management

CWE-269

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.0
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	2.1
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	NONE
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Date: March 2, 2015

Language: C

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