CVE-2014-4943
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.9 · Improper privilege management
6.9CVSS MEDIUM
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3cf521f7dc87c031617fd47e4b7aa2593c2f3dafAdvisory
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0924.htmlAdvisory
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3047.htmlAdvisory
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3048.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.htmlAdvisory