Vulnerability Report

CVE-2014-1738

Title: Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus Information Disclosure

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2014-1738.

CWE Category CWE-200
Published Date May 11, 2014
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 2.1 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.02%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2014-1738: The raw_cmd_copyout function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly restrict access to certain pointers during processing of an FDRAWCMD ioctl call, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging write access to a /dev/fd device.

Impacted Vendors

C
cyrix 1
C
conectiva 1
R
redhat 1
U
ubuntu 1
S
suse 4
O
oracle 1
L
linux 1
D
debian 1

Reference Links

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2145e15e0557a01b9195d1c7199a1b92cb9be81f http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0771.html http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3043.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00007.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00012.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0800.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0801.html http://secunia.com/advisories/59262 http://secunia.com/advisories/59309 http://secunia.com/advisories/59406 http://secunia.com/advisories/59599 http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2926 http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2928 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/09/2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67302 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030474 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094299 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2145e15e0557a01b9195d1c7199a1b92cb9be81f http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2145e15e0557a01b9195d1c7199a1b92cb9be81f http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0771.html http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3043.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00007.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00012.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0800.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0801.html http://secunia.com/advisories/59262 http://secunia.com/advisories/59309 http://secunia.com/advisories/59406 http://secunia.com/advisories/59599 http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2926 http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2928 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/09/2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67302 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030474 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094299 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2145e15e0557a01b9195d1c7199a1b92cb9be81f
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
2.1
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2014-1738 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.