CVE-2014-4014 (GCVE-0-2014-4014)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2014-06-23 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 11:04
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The capabilities implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.14.8 does not properly consider that namespaces are inapplicable to inodes, which allows local users to bypass intended chmod restrictions by first creating a user namespace, as demonstrated by setting the setgid bit on a file with group ownership of root.
References
cve@mitre.org http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=23adbe12ef7d3d4195e80800ab36b37bee28cd03
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/59220 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33824 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.8 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/10/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67988 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030394 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1107966 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/23adbe12ef7d3d4195e80800ab36b37bee28cd03 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=23adbe12ef7d3d4195e80800ab36b37bee28cd03
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/59220 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33824 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.8 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/10/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67988 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030394 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1107966 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/23adbe12ef7d3d4195e80800ab36b37bee28cd03 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
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