The pivot_root implementation in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17 does not properly interact with certain locations of a chroot directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (mount-tree loop) via . (dot) values in both arguments to the pivot_root system call.
References
Configurations
History
21 Nov 2024, 02:18
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/60174 - Broken Link | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/61142 - Broken Link | |
References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/08/21 - Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70319 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030991 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg79153.html - Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2419-1 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2420-1 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151095 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96921 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0d0826019e529f21c84687521d03f60cd241ca7d - Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory |
Information
Published : 2014-10-13 10:55
Updated : 2024-11-21 02:18
NVD link : CVE-2014-7970
Mitre link : CVE-2014-7970
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-7970
JSON object : View
Products Affected
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
linux
- linux_kernel
novell
- suse_linux_enterprise_server
CWE
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption