CVE - CVE-2014-9731

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-9731	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The UDF filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 does not ensure that space is available for storing a symlink target's name along with a trailing \0 character, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted filesystem image, related to fs/udf/symlink.c and fs/udf/unicode.c.
References
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MISC:75001 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75001 MISC:SUSE-SU-2015:1224 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00023.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2015:1324 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00049.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2015:1592 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00018.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2015:1611 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00021.html MISC:[oss-security] 20150603 CVE request Linux kernel: udf: information leakage when reading symlink URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/03/4 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0e5cc9a40ada6046e6bc3bdfcd0c0d7e4b706b14 URL:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0e5cc9a40ada6046e6bc3bdfcd0c0d7e4b706b14 MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.2 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.2 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228220 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228220 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0e5cc9a40ada6046e6bc3bdfcd0c0d7e4b706b14 URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0e5cc9a40ada6046e6bc3bdfcd0c0d7e4b706b14 MISC:https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-07-01 URL:https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-07-01 MISC:openSUSE-SU-2015:1382 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20150603	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 (20150603)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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