UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3917

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3917

    Published: 5 Jun 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-3917
    Aliases:
    USN-2281-1
    USN-2282-1
    USN-2285-1

    Summary:

    Details: kernel/auditsc.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.5, when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled with certain syscall rules, allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive single-bit values from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a large value of a syscall number.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3917, http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1713179, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2281-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2282-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2285-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2286-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2287-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2289-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2314-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2313-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2334-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2335-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3917

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-33.58

    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
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