Access Restriction Bypass Affecting kernel-uek-doc package, versions <0:3.8.13-55.el6uek


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.16% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-KERNELUEKDOC-2489837
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed23 Jun 2014

Introduced: 23 Jun 2014

CVE-2014-4014  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 kernel-uek-doc to version 0:3.8.13-55.el6uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2014-3096.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-doc package and not the kernel-uek-doc package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The capabilities implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.14.8 does not properly consider that namespaces are inapplicable to inodes, which allows local users to bypass intended chmod restrictions by first creating a user namespace, as demonstrated by setting the setgid bit on a file with group ownership of root.

CVSS Scores

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