An information leak flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel handled media device enumerate entities IOCTL requests. A local user able to access the /dev/media0 device file could use this flaw to leak kernel memory bytes.
Find out more about CVE-2014-1739 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue does not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.
| Base Score | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (kernel) | RHSA-2014:1971 | 2014-12-09 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 | realtime-kernel | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | Not affected |
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