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CVE-2014-0196

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Date: May 7, 2014

The n_tty_write function in drivers/tty/n_tty.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly manage tty driver access in the "LECHO & !OPOST" case, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or gain privileges by triggering a race condition involving read and write operations with long strings.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.4

Related Resources (32)

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/59599

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2928

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2204-1

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2926

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00012.html

Url: http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/300/sol15319.html

Url: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=yTSFUBgZ

Url: http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875690

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/59218

Url: http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0771.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-0196

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4291086b1f081b869c6d79e5b7441633dc3ace00

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00007.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/59262

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2202-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2203-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2200-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2201-1

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0512.html

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094232

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2196-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2197-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2198-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2199-1

Url: http://www.osvdb.org/106646

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0196

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4291086b1f081b869c6d79e5b7441633dc3ace00

Url: http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33516

Url: http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0196

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/05/6

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-0196

Severity Score

7.4

Weakness Type (CWE)

Race Conditions

CWE-362

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.4
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2014-0196

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Date: May 7, 2014

Language: C

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