PT-2018-4261 · Linux+1 · Mdadm+1

Forgotten User Dbpeismmd7 + 2 · Published 2015-08-11 · Updated 2019-07-16 · CVE-2014-5220

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions mdadm versions prior to 3.3.1-5.14.1

Description The issue is related to the mdcheck script of the mdadm package, which does not properly sanitize device names. This allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.3.1-5.14.1, update to version 3.3.1-5.14.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-77

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-1670

CVE-2014-5220

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Mdadm

References · 9

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-5220 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2015-1670 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5220 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5220 · Security Note
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00069.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5220 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5220 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=910500 · Note
• https://packages.altlinux.org/ru/vuln/CVE-2014-5220 · Note