| Name | CVE-2014-8119 |
| Description | The find_ifcfg_path function in netcf before 0.2.7 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving augeas path expressions. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| netcf (PTS) | buster | 1:0.2.8-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1:0.2.8-1.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| netcf | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- netcf <not-affected> (suse and redhat driver are not built on Debian)
Issue is in the way the netcf's find_ifcfg_path() function processed
certain XPath expressions according to Red Hat bugzilla.
The fix consists in augeas getting a new API aug_escape_name which
netcf needs to use.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172176#c3
https://www.redhat.com/archives/augeas-devel/2014-December/msg00000.html
The affected code is only in drv_redhat.c and drv_suse.c and the Debian
build not affected.