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USN-2468-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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USN-2468-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity

CVSS

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

Published

11/29/2014

Created

07/25/2018

Added

01/15/2015

Modified

07/09/2020

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ttusbdecfe_dvbs_diseqc_send_master_cmd function in drivers/media/usb/ttusb-dec/ttusbdecfe.c in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a large message length in an ioctl call.

Solution(s)

ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-29-generic
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-29-generic-lpae
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-29-lowlatency
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-29-powerpc-e500mc
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-29-powerpc-smp
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-29-powerpc64-emb
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-16-0-29-powerpc64-smp

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2014-7841
71082
CVE - 2014-7841
CVE - 2014-7842
CVE - 2014-7843
CVE - 2014-8884
DSA-3093
RHSA-2015:0087
RHSA-2015:0102
RHSA-2015:0284
RHSA-2015:0285
RHSA-2015:0290
RHSA-2015:0695
RHSA-2015:0782
USN-2468-1

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