CVE-2014-7970

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Novell
Status
Suse Linux Enterprise Server
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 October 2014

Summary

The pivot_root implementation in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17 does not properly interact with certain locations of a chroot directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (mount-tree loop) via . (dot) values in both arguments to the pivot_root system call.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015...
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70319
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/lin...
x_refsource_CONFIRM

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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