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SCP6-577 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2014-9715

Created: May 31, 2015    Updated: Dec 3, 2018
Resolved Date: Mar 17, 2016
Previous ID: LIN5-20479
Found In Version: 6.0.0.20
Fix Version: 6.0.0.29
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 6
Component/s: Kernel

Description

include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_extend.h in the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.14.5 uses an insufficiently large data type for certain extension data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via outbound network traffic that triggers extension loading, as demonstrated by configuring a PPTP tunnel in a NAT environment.<a href=http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html>CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference</a>

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-9715

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