The PPPoL2TP feature in net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.6 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging data-structure differences between an l2tp socket and an inet socket.
References
Link Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3cf521f7dc87c031617fd47e4b7aa2593c2f3daf Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0924.html Third Party Advisory
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3047.html Third Party Advisory
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3048.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/109277 Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1025.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59790 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60011 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60071 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60220 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60380 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60393 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2992 Third Party Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36267 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030610 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1119458 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94665 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3cf521f7dc87c031617fd47e4b7aa2593c2f3daf Patch Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-07-19T19:00:00

Updated: 2017-08-28T12:57:01

Reserved: 2014-07-11T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2014-4943

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2014-07-19T19:55:08.230

Modified: 2024-01-19T17:50:47.343


Link: CVE-2014-4943

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cve-icon Redhat Information

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CWE