CVE-2014-1874

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.9
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedFeb 28, 2014
First seenFeb 28, 2014

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel3.13.4 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv < 3.13.43.13.4
suse linux_enterprise_server10—
canonical ubuntu_linux10.04, 12.04, 12.10, 13.10—

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