UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9683

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9683

    Published: 31 Dec 2014Last Modified: 28 Oct 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-9683
    Aliases:
    USN-2515-1
    USN-2516-1
    USN-2517-1

    Summary:

    Details: Off-by-one error in the ecryptfs_decode_from_filename function in fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted filename.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9683, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2515-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2516-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2517-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2518-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2541-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2542-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9683

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-46.75

    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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