Vulnerability CVE-2014-3534
Published: 2014-08-01

Description:
arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.15.8 on the s390 platform does not properly restrict address-space control operations in PTRACE_POKEUSR_AREA requests, which allows local users to obtain read and write access to kernel memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via a crafted application that makes a ptrace system call.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Linux -> Linux kernel 

 References:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=dab6cf55f81a6e16b8147aed9a843e1691dcd318
http://secunia.com/advisories/59790
http://secunia.com/advisories/60351
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2992
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.8
http://www.osvdb.org/109546
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68940
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030683
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/95069
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1114089
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/dab6cf55f81a6e16b8147aed9a843e1691dcd318
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