CVE-2014-4943

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Publication date:

19/07/2014

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

The PPPoL2TP feature in net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.6 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging data-structure differences between an l2tp socket and an inet socket.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

6.90

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	2.6.23 (including)	3.2.62 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.3 (including)	3.4.102 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.5 (including)	3.10.52 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.11 (including)	3.12.27 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.13 (including)	3.14.16 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.15 (including)	3.15.9 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:::ltss:::*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3::::vmware::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:6.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::*

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CVE-2014-4943

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools