CVE-2014-4943

Published: July 19, 2014Last modified: April 24, 2024

Description

The PPPoL2TP feature in net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.6 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging data-structure differences between an l2tp socket and an inet socket.

Status

References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3cf521f7dc87c031617fd47e4b7aa2593c2f3daf
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0924.html
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3047.html
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3048.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/1
• http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/109277
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1025.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59790
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60011
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60071
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60220
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60380
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60393
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2992
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36267
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030610
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1119458
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94665
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3cf521f7dc87c031617fd47e4b7aa2593c2f3daf