A memory corruption flaw was found in the way the USB ConnectTech WhiteHEAT serial driver processed completion commands sent via USB Request Blocks buffers. An attacker with physical access to the system could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system.
Find out more about CVE-2014-3185 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue affects the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2. Future kernel
updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 may
address this issue.
| Base Score | 6.2 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (kernel) | RHSA-2014:1843 | 2014-11-11 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (kernel) | RHSA-2014:1971 | 2014-12-09 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 6.5 (kernel) | RHSA-2015:0284 | 2015-03-03 |
| Red Hat MRG Grid for RHEL 6 Server v.2 (kernel-rt) | RHSA-2014:1318 | 2014-09-29 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | Will not fix |
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