CVE-2014-8160

CVE Details

Release Date:	2014-09-25
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's netfilter subsystem handled generic protocol tracking. As demonstrated in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) case, a remote attacker could use this flaw to bypass intended iptables rule restrictions when the associated connection tracking module was not loaded on the system.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.8
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2015-3014	2015-03-13
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2015-3015	2015-03-13
Oracle Linux version 5 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.2.el5uek)	ELSA-2015-3015	2015-03-13
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-400.37.2.el5uek)	ELSA-2015-3015	2015-03-13
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-55.1.8.el6uek)	ELSA-2015-3013	2015-03-13
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2015-0674	2015-03-11
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2015-3013	2015-03-13
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2015-3014	2015-03-13
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2015-3015	2015-03-13
Oracle Linux version 6 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.2.el6uek)	ELSA-2015-3015	2015-03-13
Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-400.37.2.el6uek)	ELSA-2015-3015	2015-03-13
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-55.1.8.el7uek)	ELSA-2015-3013	2015-03-13
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)	ELSA-2015-0290	2015-03-11
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2015-3013	2015-03-13
Oracle VM version 3.3 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2015-0034	2015-03-16