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CVE-2014-2678

CVE information

Published

10 years ago

Last Modified

3 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

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Description

The rds_iw_laddr_check function in net/rds/iw.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a bind system call for an RDS socket on a system that lacks RDS transports..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
4.7/10
Exploit Score
3.4/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
6.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -

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