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Cent OS: CVE-2014-3917: CESA-2014:1281 (kernel)

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Cent OS: CVE-2014-3917: CESA-2014:1281 (kernel)

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/05/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

kernel/auditsc.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.5, when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled with certain syscall rules, allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive single-bit values from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a large value of a syscall number.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-abi-whitelists
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-debug
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-debug-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-doc
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-firmware
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-headers
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-pae
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-pae-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-tools
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-xen
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-xen-devel
  • centos-upgrade-perf
  • centos-upgrade-python-perf

References

  • CVE-2014-3917
  • RHSA-2014:1143
  • RHSA-2014:1281
  • SUSE-SU-2015:0812
  • USN-2281-1
  • USN-2282-1
  • USN-2285-1
  • USN-2286-1
  • USN-2287-1
  • USN-2289-1
  • USN-2313-1
  • USN-2314-1
  • USN-2334-1
  • USN-2335-1
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