CVE-2014-1690 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2014-1690?

CVE-2014-1690 is a low-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 28 Feb 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The help function in net/netfilter/nf_nat_irc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by establishing an IRC DCC session in which incorrect packet data is transmitted during use of the NAT mangle feature.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1690?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2014-1690?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2014-1690 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1690 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as CVE-2014-0025, DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1690, GHSA-w8c8-3p33-35r8.