CVE-2014-4027

Summary

CVECVE-2014-4027
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-06-23 11:21:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:20:00 UTC
DescriptionThe rd_build_device_space function in drivers/target/target_core_rd.c in the Linux kernel before 3.14 does not properly initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from ramdisk_mcp memory by leveraging access to a SCSI initiator.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Analytics 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Analytics 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Analytics All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Domain Name System 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Domain Name System 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Edge Gateway All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Protocol Security Module All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Wan Optimization Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator All All All All
Application F5 Big-iq Application Delivery Controller 4.5.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-iq Application Delivery Controller 4.5.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-iq Cloud All All All All
Application F5 Big-iq Device All All All All
Application F5 Big-iq Security All All All All
Application F5 Enterprise Manager All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp3 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:1319-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
git.kernel.org git.kernel.org
Security Advisory SA59777 - Ubuntu update for kernel - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Broken Link
target/rd: Refactor rd_build_device_space + rd_release_device_space · torvalds/linux@4442dc8 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA61310 - F5 Multiple Products Linux Kernel Two Vulnerabilities - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Broken Link
Security Advisory SA59134 - Linux Kernel SCSI Initiator I/O Operations Information Disclosure Vulnerability - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Broken Link
[PATCH] target: Explicitly clear ramdisk_mcp backend pages MLIST permalink.gmane.org Broken Link
SOL15685 - Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2014-3940 CONFIRM support.f5.com Third Party Advisory
USN-2335-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:1316-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA60564 - Ubuntu update for kernel - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Broken Link
oss-security - Re: CVE request: Linux kernel / target information leak MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Bug 1108744 – CVE-2014-4027 Kernel: target/rd: imformation leakage CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-2334-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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