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CVE-2014-4014

Public on 2014-06-23
Modified on 2014-09-19
Description

The capabilities implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.14.8 does not properly consider that namespaces are inapplicable to inodes, which allows local users to bypass intended chmod restrictions by first creating a user namespace, as demonstrated by setting the setgid bit on a file with group ownership of root.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.2
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2014-07-09 16:29 ALAS-2014-368

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 6.2 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv2 6.2 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C