CVE-2014-4043
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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Statement
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. A future update may address this flaw in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or 7. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
CVSS v2 metrics
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 1 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | glibc | Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | glibc | Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | glibc | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | glibc | Will not fix |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank David Reid, Alex Gaynor, and Glyph Lefkowitz from Rackspace for reporting this issue.External References
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