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USN-2282-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

07/03/2014

Created

07/25/2018

Added

07/17/2014

Modified

07/09/2020

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)

ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-64-386
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-64-generic
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-64-generic-pae
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-64-ia64
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-64-lpia
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-64-powerpc
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-64-powerpc-smp
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-64-powerpc64-smp
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-64-preempt
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-64-server
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-64-sparc64
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-64-sparc64-smp
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-64-versatile
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-32-64-virtual

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2014-3917
CVE - 2014-3917
CVE - 2014-4943
DSA-2992
109277
RHSA-2014:1025
RHSA-2014:1143
RHSA-2014:1281
USN-2282-1
94665

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