CVE-2014-4943 (GCVE-0-2014-4943)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-07-19 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 11:34
VLAI?
Summary
The PPPoL2TP feature in net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.6 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging data-structure differences between an l2tp socket and an inet socket.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36267 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3047.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030610 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://secunia.com/advisories/60220 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/59790 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1025.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvald… x_refsource_CONFIRM
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1119458 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2992 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/109277 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/60071 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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