CVE-2014-4027 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2014-4027?

CVE-2014-4027 is a low-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 23 Jun 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The rd_build_device_space function in drivers/target/target_core_rd.c in the Linux kernel before 3.14 does not properly initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from ramdisk_mcp memory by leveraging access to a SCSI initiator.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-4027?

It affects 26 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, F5 Big-Ip Analytics, F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager, F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager and 20 more.

How do I fix CVE-2014-4027?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-4027 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4027 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

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• 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 DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4027, GHSA-j649-2854-8rqg, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4027.