CVE-2014-1444 (GCVE-0-2014-1444)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-01-18 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 09:42
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2013-11-04 00:00
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