Linux Kernel resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Linux Kernel. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-9420. No exploit exists. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel (Operating System) (affected version not known). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was disclosed 12/17/2014 by Prasad J Pandit as confirmed mailinglist post (oss-sec). The advisory is available at seclists.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-9420 since 12/25/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84091 (CentOS 6 : kernel (CESA-2015:1081)), 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 167678 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for Linux kernel (SUSE-SU-2015:0652-1)).

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 (99369), Tenable (84091), SecurityFocus (BID 71717†) and Secunia (SA62801†). The entries VDB-10840, VDB-12213, VDB-13142 and VDB-67533 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 84091
Nessus Name: CentOS 6 : kernel (CESA-2015:1081)
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OpenVAS ID: 80056
OpenVAS Name: Oracle Linux Local Check: ELSA-2015-3043
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: f54e18f1b831c92f6512d2eedb224cd63d607d3d

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kernel.org

Advisory: RHSA-2015:1081
Researcher: Prasad J Pandit
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-9420 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-9420
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-68462
X-Force: 99369 - Linux Kernel rock.c denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 71717 - Linux Kernel 'fs/isofs/rock.c' Infinite Loop Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 62801 - Ubuntu update for kernel, Not Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/27/2014 18:52
Updated: 03/01/2022 14:54
Changes: 12/27/2014 18:52 (53), 07/08/2017 14:16 (20), 03/01/2022 14:46 (5), 03/01/2022 14:49 (1), 03/01/2022 14:54 (2)
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