CVE-2014-0077

CVE Details

Release Date:

2014-03-27

Description

drivers/vhost/net.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.10, when mergeable buffers are disabled, does not properly validate packet lengths, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and host OS crash) or possibly gain privileges on the host OS via crafted packets, related to the handle_rx and get_rx_bufs functions.

See more information about CVE-2014-0077 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5.5	Base Metrics:	AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C
Access Vector:	Adjacent network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	Requires single instance	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2014-3022	2014-05-08
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-26.2.4.el6uek)	ELSA-2014-3021	2014-05-09
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2014-0475	2014-05-07
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2014-3021	2014-05-09
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2014-3022	2014-05-08

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