CVE-2014-0748 in Linux Environment

Summary

apinit on Cray devices with CLE before 4.2.UP02 and 5.x before 5.1.UP00 does not use alpsauth data to validate the UID in a launch message, which allows local users to gain privileges via a modified aprun program, aka ID FN5912.

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• Reservation: 01/02/2014
• Disclosure: 12/26/2014
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-73401 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-20 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 8.4
• EPSS: 0.00045
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0748
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0748
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2014-0748/