CVE-2014-9683

Description (CNA)

Off-by-one error in the ecryptfs_decode_from_filename function in fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted filename.

Affected (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=942080643bce061c3dd9d5718d3b745dcb39a8bc
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2515-1
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2542-1
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/942080643bce061c3dd9d5718d3b745dcb39a8bc
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2541-1
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2518-1
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/17/9
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.2
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72643
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2517-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2516-1
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031860
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1193830

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