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F5 Networks: K15699 (CVE-2014-0131): Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2014-0131

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F5 Networks: K15699 (CVE-2014-0131): Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2014-0131

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
03/24/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/14/2016
Modified
02/16/2017

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the skb_segment function in net/core/skbuff.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the absence of a certain orphaning operation.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

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