CVE-2014-1690
LOW severity · CVSS 2.6 · Information disclosure
2.6CVSS LOW
Summary
The help function in net/netfilter/nf_nat_irc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by establishing an IRC DCC session in which incorrect packet data is transmitted during use of the NAT mangle feature.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.8 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.8Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/28/3Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058748Patch
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2690d97ade05c5325cbf7c72b94b90d265659886Patch
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2690d97ade05c5325cbf7c72b94b90d265659886
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2137-1Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2140-1Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2158-1Advisory