CVE-2014-6418

Linux Kernel < 3.16.3 - Denial of Service via Ceph Auth Reply Validation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

net/ceph/auth_x.c in Ceph, as used in the Linux kernel before 3.16.3, does not properly validate auth replies, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted data from the IP address of a Ceph Monitor.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2377-1
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/15/7
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2378-1
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/8979
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2379-1
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.3
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2376-1
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/9561
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1142073

Scores

EPSS 0.0488
EPSS Percentile 91.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (3)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
linux/linux_kernel < 3.2.64
Published Sep 28, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026