CVE-2014-6417 (GCVE-0-2014-6417)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-09-28 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 12:17
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Summary
net/ceph/auth_x.c in Ceph, as used in the Linux kernel before 3.16.3, does not properly consider the possibility of kmalloc failure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long unencrypted auth ticket.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2014-09-15 00:00
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