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Bug 552742 - Kernel: Off-by-one vulnerability in eCryptfs (CVE-2014-9683)
Summary: Kernel: Off-by-one vulnerability in eCryptfs (CVE-2014-9683)
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Kernel (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Kernel Security
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Reported: 2015-06-21 13:44 UTC by GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot
Modified: 2022-03-25 22:37 UTC (History)
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Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev 2015-06-21 13:44:38 UTC 
CVE-2014-9683 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9683):
  Off-by-one error in the ecryptfs_decode_from_filename function in
  fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before
  3.18.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and
  system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted filename.