CVE-2014-9728

SUSE Security Advisory - SUSE-SU-2015:1611-1

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The UDF filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 does not validate certain lengths, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and system crash) via a crafted filesystem image, related to fs/udf/inode.c and fs/udf/symlink.c.

Vulnerabilidad en la implementación del sistema de archivos UDF en el kernel de Linux en versiones anteriores a 3.18.2, no valida ciertas longitudes, lo cual permite a usuarios locales causar una denegación de servicio (sobre-lectura del buffer y caída del sistema) a través de una imagen de sistema de archivos manipulada, relacionado con fs/udf/inode.c y fs/udf/symlink.c.

An update that solves 14 vulnerabilities and has 45 fixes is now available. The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 kernel was updated to receive various security and bug fixes.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-06-03 CVE Reserved
2015-08-31 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-05-21 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (15)

URL	Tag	Source
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a1d47b262952a45aae62bd49cfaf33dd76c11a2c	X_refsource_confirm
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e159332b9af4b04d882dbcfe1bb0117f0a6d4b58	X_refsource_confirm
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e237ec37ec154564f8690c5bd1795339955eeef9	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/02/7	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74964	Vdb Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228229	X_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a1d47b262952a45aae62bd49cfaf33dd76c11a2c	X_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e159332b9af4b04d882dbcfe1bb0117f0a6d4b58	X_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e237ec37ec154564f8690c5bd1795339955eeef9	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00023.html	2016-12-22
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00049.html	2016-12-22
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html	2016-12-22
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00018.html	2016-12-22
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00021.html	2016-12-22
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.2	2016-12-22

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				<= 3.18.1 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " <= 3.18.1"		-		Affected