Vulnerability Report

CVE-2014-8160

Title: Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop Improper Input Validation

Input Validation Error

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2014-8160.

CWE Category CWE-20
Published Date Mar 02, 2015
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.45%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2014-8160: net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18 generates incorrect conntrack entries during handling of certain iptables rule sets for the SCTP, DCCP, GRE, and UDP-Lite protocols, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via packets with disallowed port numbers.

Impacted Vendors

D
debian 1
R
redhat 6
U
ubuntu 2
C
canonical 1
O
opensuse 1
S
suse 6
L
linux 1

Reference Links

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=db29a9508a9246e77087c5531e45b2c88ec6988b http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00020.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00009.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0284.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0674.html http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:057 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/14/3 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72061 http://www.spinics.net/lists/netfilter-devel/msg33430.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2515-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2516-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2517-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2518-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182059 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/db29a9508a9246e77087c5531e45b2c88ec6988b http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=db29a9508a9246e77087c5531e45b2c88ec6988b http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00020.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00009.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0284.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0674.html http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:057 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/14/3 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72061 http://www.spinics.net/lists/netfilter-devel/msg33430.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2515-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2516-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2517-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2518-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182059 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/db29a9508a9246e77087c5531e45b2c88ec6988b
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2014-8160 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:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.