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CVE-2014-9644

CVE information

Published

9 years ago

Last Modified

5 months ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Low

Impact Analysis

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Description

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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Low
Base Score
2.1/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
None
Integrity Impact
Partial

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- 3.18.5
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -

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