CVE-2014-8160
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5 · Improper input validation
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18 generates incorrect conntrack entries during handling of certain iptables rule sets for the SCTP, DCCP, GRE, and UDP-Lite protocols, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via packets with disallowed port numbers.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impact—
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Affected products we track (2)
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=db29a9508a9246e77087c5531e45b2c88ec6988b
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00020.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00009.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0284.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0674.htmlAdvisory