CVE - CVE-2014-6417

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-6417	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
net/ceph/auth_x.c in Ceph, as used in the Linux kernel before 3.16.3, does not properly consider the possibility of kmalloc failure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long unencrypted auth ticket.
References
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CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c27a3e4d667fdcad3db7b104f75659478e0c68d8 CONFIRM:http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/8979 CONFIRM:http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/9560 CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.3 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1142072 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c27a3e4d667fdcad3db7b104f75659478e0c68d8 MLIST:[oss-security] 20140915 Re: CVE Request: libceph auth token overflow / Linux kernel URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/7 UBUNTU:USN-2376-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2376-1 UBUNTU:USN-2377-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2377-1 UBUNTU:USN-2378-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2378-1 UBUNTU:USN-2379-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2379-1
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20140915	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20140915)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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