UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1444

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1444

    Published: 18 Jan 2014Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-1444
    Aliases:
    USN-2040-1
    USN-2042-1
    USN-2049-1

    Summary:

    Details: The fst_get_iface function in drivers/net/wan/farsync.c in the Linux kernel before 3.11.7 does not properly initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an SIOCWANDEV ioctl call.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1444, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/15, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2128-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2129-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2050-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2042-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2067-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2040-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2066-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2069-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2049-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1444

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.12.0-1.3

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    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