CVE-2014-3980 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

libfep 0.0.5 before 0.1.0 does not properly use UNIX domain sockets in the abstract namespace, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2014-06-11

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:daiki_ueno:libfep:0.0.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:daiki_ueno:libfep:0.0.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:daiki_ueno:libfep:0.0.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:daiki_ueno:libfep:0.0.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:daiki_ueno:libfep:0.0.9:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-3913	libfep 0.0.5 before 0.1.0 does not properly use UNIX domain sockets in the abstract namespace, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00056.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/05/16
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/06/11
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67903
https://github.com/ueno/libfep/commit/293d9d3f

History

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Subscriptions

Daiki Ueno Libfep

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2014-06-11T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:04:26.952Z

Reserved: 2014-06-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-3980

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-06-11T14:55:09.517

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-3980

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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