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CVE-2014-9683

Date: March 3, 2015

Off-by-one error in the ecryptfs_decode_from_filename function in fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted filename.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.1

Related Resources (23)

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72643

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9683

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

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-9683

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/942080643bce061c3dd9d5718d3b745dcb39a8bc

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/17/9

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2541-1

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1193830

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2542-1

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

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2515-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2517-1

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031860

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2516-1

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=942080643bce061c3dd9d5718d3b745dcb39a8bc

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2518-1

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.2

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9683

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

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9683

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-9683

Severity Score

5.1

Weakness Type (CWE)

Numeric Errors

CWE-189

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.1
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):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	3.6
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2014-9683

Date: March 3, 2015

Language: C

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CVSS v2

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