cve-2014-9645
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-03-12 06:05
Modified
2024-08-06 13:47
Severity ?
Summary
The add_probe function in modutils/modprobe.c in BusyBox before 1.23.0 allows local users to bypass intended restrictions on loading kernel modules via a / (slash) character in a module name, as demonstrated by an "ifconfig /usbserial up" command or a "mount -t /snd_pcm none /" command.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=4e314faa0aecb66717418e9a47a4451aec59262bIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/15
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72324
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=7652Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185707Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://plus.google.com/+MathiasKrause/posts/PqFCo4bfrWuPatch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-13
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=4e314faa0aecb66717418e9a47a4451aec59262bIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/15
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72324
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=7652Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185707Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://plus.google.com/+MathiasKrause/posts/PqFCo4bfrWuPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-13
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/
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