VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2014-4157

arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h in the Linux kernel before 3.14.8 on the MIPS platform does not configure _TIF_SECCOMP checks on the fast system-call path, which allows local users to bypass intended PR_SET_SECCOMP restrictions by executing a…

MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.51%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.51%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

CVSS 2.0: 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS: 0.51% probability · 42th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-264
Affected: linux/linux kernel
Source: security@debian.org

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=137f7df8cead00688524c82360930845396b8a21
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/16/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.8Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/17/17Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=751417Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/137f7df8cead00688524c82360930845396b8a21Exploit, Patch
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=137f7df8cead00688524c82360930845396b8a21
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/16/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.8Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/17/17Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=751417Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/137f7df8cead00688524c82360930845396b8a21Exploit, Patch

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.