CVE-2014-6416

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    CVE-2014-6416

    Published: 28 Sept 2014Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in net/ceph/auth_x.c in Ceph, as used in the Linux kernel before 3.16.3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long unencrypted auth ticket.

    References: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.3, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69805, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2376-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2377-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2378-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2379-1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1142060, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c27a3e4d667fdcad3db7b104f75659478e0c68d8, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/7, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.3, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/7, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c27a3e4d667fdcad3db7b104f75659478e0c68d8, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1142060, http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c27a3e4d667fdcad3db7b104f75659478e0c68d8, http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/8979

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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