Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:3.10.0-229.el7
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELDOC-4523967
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 14 Nov 2014
Introduced: 14 Nov 2014
CVE-2014-8884 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-doc to version 0:3.10.0-229.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:0290.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-doc package and not the kernel-doc package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ttusbdecfe_dvbs_diseqc_send_master_cmd function in drivers/media/usb/ttusb-dec/ttusbdecfe.c in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a large message length in an ioctl call.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f2e323ec96077642d397bb1c355def536d489d16
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1164266
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f2e323ec96077642d397bb1c355def536d489d16
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.17.4
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8884
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3093
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/14/7
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0782.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0290
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62305
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f2e323ec96077642d397bb1c355def536d489d16