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FKIE_CVE-2014-4943

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-07-19 19:55 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:10

Severity

Summary

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.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3cf521f7dc87c031617fd47e4b7aa2593c2f3daf	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0924.html	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3047.html	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3048.html	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/1	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/109277	Broken Link
cve@mitre.org	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1025.html	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/59790	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/60011	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/60071	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/60220	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/60380	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/60393	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2992	Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36267	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030610	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1119458	Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94665	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3cf521f7dc87c031617fd47e4b7aa2593c2f3daf	Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3cf521f7dc87c031617fd47e4b7aa2593c2f3daf	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0924.html	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3047.html	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3048.html	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/1	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/109277	Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1025.html	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/59790	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/60011	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/60071	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/60220	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/60380	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/60393	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2992	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36267	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030610	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1119458	Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94665	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3cf521f7dc87c031617fd47e4b7aa2593c2f3daf	Patch, Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
opensuse	opensuse	11.4
suse	linux_enterprise_desktop	11
suse	linux_enterprise_server	11
suse	linux_enterprise_server	11
suse	linux_enterprise_server	11
redhat	enterprise_linux_server_aus	6.2
debian	debian_linux	7.0

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CVE-2014-4943 (GCVE-0-2014-4943)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-07-19 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 11:34

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

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Date Public

2014-07-16 00:00

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FKIE_CVE-2014-4943

CVE-2014-4943 (GCVE-0-2014-4943)

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