SB2014011909 - Resource management error in Linux kernel

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SB2014011909 - Resource management error in Linux kernel

Published: January 19, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2014011909
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-1446)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The yam_ioctl function in drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an SIOCYAMGCFG ioctl call.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References