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CVE-2014-7970

MEDIUM

5.5

Description

The pivot_root implementation in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17 does not properly interact with certain locations of a chroot directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (mount-tree loop) via . (dot) values in both arguments to the pivot_root system call.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score5.5

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published10/13/2014

Last Modified4/12/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

canonical:ubuntu_linuxlinux:linux_kernelnovell:suse_linux_enterprise_server

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-400

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://secunia.com/advisories/60174(cve@mitre.org)

http://secunia.com/advisories/61142(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/08/21(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70319(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030991(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg79153.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2419-1(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2420-1(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1(cve@mitre.org)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842(cve@mitre.org)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077(cve@mitre.org)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151095(cve@mitre.org)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96921(cve@mitre.org)

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0d0826019e529f21c84687521d03f60cd241ca7d(cve@mitre.org)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/60174(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/61142(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/08/21(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70319(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030991(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg79153.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2419-1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2420-1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151095(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96921(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0d0826019e529f21c84687521d03f60cd241ca7d(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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