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OVP-2017 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2014-4943

Created: Aug 3, 2014 Updated: Mar 11, 2016

Resolved Date: Aug 16, 2014

Found In Version: 5.0.1.16

Fix Version: 6.0.0.11

Severity: Standard

Applicable for: Wind River Linux 5

Component/s: Kernel

Description

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.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-4943