CVE-2014-1444

Published Jan 18, 2014

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description
The fst_get_iface function in drivers/net/wan/farsync.c in the Linux kernel before 3.11.7 does not properly initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an SIOCWANDEV ioctl call.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

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Hype score
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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
1.7
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
3.1
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-399

Configurations