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CVE-2014-9717

Impact:: Low
Public Date:: 2014-10-07
CWE:: CWE-552

Bugzilla:: 1226751: CVE-2014-9717 kernel: unsharing MNT_LOCKED mount can expose files beneath the mount.

It was found that unsharing a mount namespace could allow a user to see data beneath their restricted namespace.

Find out more about CVE-2014-9717 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue does not affect the Linux kernels as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score	2.6
Base Metrics	AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	High
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	None

Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).

Affected Packages State

Platform	Package	State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	kernel-rt	Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	kernel	Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	kernel	Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	kernel	Not affected

Last Modified 2018-04-27T01:29:32+00:00