| Name | CVE-2014-9731 |
| Description | The UDF filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 does not ensure that space is available for storing a symlink target's name along with a trailing \0 character, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted filesystem image, related to fs/udf/symlink.c and fs/udf/unicode.c. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-246-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | buster | 4.19.249-2 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 4.19.289-2 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 5.10.197-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.191-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 6.1.55-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.52-1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 6.5.10-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 6.5.13-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | wheezy | 3.2.68-1 | |||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 3.16.7-ckt4-1 | |||
| linux-2.6 | source | squeeze | 2.6.32-48squeeze12 | DLA-246-1 | ||
| linux-2.6 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) |
Upstream fix: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0e5cc9a40ada6046e6bc3bdfcd0c0d7e4b706b14 (v3.19-rc3)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/03/4