PT-2018-4296 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Published 2015-04-21 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2014-8171

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a deadlock, by spawning new processes within a memory-constrained cgroup. This is related to the memory resource controller (aka memcg) in the Linux kernel.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CESA-2015_0864

CESA-2015_2152

CVE-2014-8171

RHSA-2015:0864

RHSA-2015:2152

RHSA-2015:2411

RHSA-2015_0864

RHSA-2015_2152

RHSA-2015_2411

RHSA-2016:0068

Affected Products

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

References · 114

• 🔥 https://github.com/Kagami/docker_cve-2015-2925 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8171 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0774 · Security Note
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• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2925 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9584 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3288 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09835 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1421 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09847 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7837 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09827 · Security Note
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• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4170 · Security Note