CVE-2014-5118 Security feature bypass in n/a
Medium 5.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-5118 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2014-5118 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 18 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5118 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Fedoraproject Fedora. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-5118/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-5118/index.md)
Attackers can bypass security checks in Trusted Boot, potentially compromising system integrity during the boot process.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-5118?
CVE-2014-5118 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 18 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Trusted Boot (tboot) before 1.8.2 has a 'loader.c' Security Bypass Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5118?
It affects 3 products.
Linux distribution packages (10)
tboot Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:1.8.2-1.el7 |
tboot-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:1.8.2-1.el7 |
tboot Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 1:1.8.2-1.el7 |
tboot-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 1:1.8.2-1.el7 |
tboot Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 1:1.8.2-1.el7 |
tboot-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 1:1.8.2-1.el7 |
tboot Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 1:1.8.2-1.el7 |
tboot-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 1:1.8.2-1.el7 |
tboot SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | All versions | 20120115_1.7.0-0.5.5.1 |
tboot SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 | All versions | 20120115_1.7.0-0.5.5.1 |
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Trusted Boot Project Trusted Boot.
How do I fix CVE-2014-5118?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2014-5118 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5118 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fcqp-4gp4-9mfg, RHBA-2015:0584, SUSE-SU-2017:3114-1.