CVE-2014-1874

Public on 2014-02-26
Modified on 2014-09-16
Description
The security_context_to_sid_core function in security/selinux/ss/services.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging the CAP_MAC_ADMIN capability to set a zero-length security context.
Severity
Low severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.4
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2014-02-26 ALAS-2014-289 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 4.4 AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
NVD CVSSv2 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2014-1874 Mitre: CVE-2014-1874