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Cent OS: CVE-2014-4943: CESA-2014:0924 (kernel)

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Cent OS: CVE-2014-4943: CESA-2014:0924 (kernel)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
07/19/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

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.

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-tools
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs-devel
  • centos-upgrade-perf
  • centos-upgrade-python-perf

References

  • DSA-2992
  • CVE-2014-4943
  • RHSA-2014:1025
  • 1030610
  • SUSE-SU-2014:1316
  • SUSE-SU-2014:1319
  • SUSE-SU-2015:0481
  • USN-2281-1
  • USN-2282-1
  • USN-2283-1
  • USN-2284-1
  • USN-2285-1
  • USN-2286-1
  • USN-2287-1
  • USN-2288-1
  • USN-2289-1
  • USN-2290-1
  • linux-kernel-cve20144943-priv-esc(94665)
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