Vulnerability CVE-2014-0181
Published: 2014-04-26   Modified: 2014-04-27

Description:
The Netlink implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.14.1 does not provide a mechanism for authorizing socket operations based on the opener of a socket, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and modify network configurations by using a Netlink socket for the (1) stdout or (2) stderr of a setuid program.

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
SUSE -> Linux enterprise real time extension 
SUSE -> Linux enterprise server 
SUSE -> Suse linux enterprise server 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux desktop 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server 
Opensuse -> Evergreen 
Linux -> Linux kernel 

 References:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=139828832919748&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1959.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/23/6
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=90f62cf30a78721641e08737bda787552428061e
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.10.45
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.9
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