UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1874

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1874

    Published: 7 Feb 2014Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-1874
    Aliases:
    USN-2128-1
    USN-2129-1
    USN-2133-1

    Summary:

    Details: The security_context_to_sid_core function in security/selinux/ss/services.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging the CAP_MAC_ADMIN capability to set a zero-length security context.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1874, http://marc.info/?l=selinux&m=139110025203759&w=2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2128-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2129-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2133-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2134-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2135-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2136-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2137-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2138-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2139-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2140-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2141-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1874

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-8.28

    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