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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Linux Kernel 3.14.8/3.15.1 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was disclosed 06/24/2014 by Lars-Peter Clausen as confirmed mailinglist post (oss-sec). The advisory is shared for download at seclists.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-4653 since 06/25/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 79181 (CentOS 6 : kernel (CESA-2014:1392)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 195600 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux Vulnerabilities (USN-2334-1)).
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (94099), Tenable (79181), SecurityFocus (BID 68164†), Secunia (SA59434†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-45258†). The entries VDB-67043, VDB-67238, VDB-67287 and VDB-34060 are pretty similar.
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CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
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Exploiting
Class: Use after freeCWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 79181
Nessus Name: CentOS 6 : kernel (CESA-2014:1392)
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OpenVAS ID: 80056
OpenVAS Name: Oracle Linux Local Check: ELSA-2014-3083
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Patch: fd9f26e4eca5d08a27d12c0933fceef76ed9663d
Timeline
06/18/2014 🔍06/24/2014 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: kernel.orgAdvisory: RHSA-2014:1392
Researcher: Lars-Peter Clausen
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-4653 (🔍)
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X-Force: 94099 - Linux Kernel sound/core/control.c code execution, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 68164 - Linux Kernel 'control.c' File Use After Free Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 59434 - Linux Kernel ALSA Multiple Vulnerabilities, Not Critical
Vulnerability Center: 45258 - Linux kernel before 3.15.2 Local DoS and Information Disclosure in the ALSA Control Implementation, Medium
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Entry
Created: 03/24/2015 03:54 PMUpdated: 01/18/2022 03:29 PM
Changes: 03/24/2015 03:54 PM (72), 06/01/2017 08:10 AM (9), 01/18/2022 03:19 PM (5), 01/18/2022 03:24 PM (1), 01/18/2022 03:29 PM (2)
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