{
  "threat_severity" : "Important",
  "public_date" : "2014-04-11T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: net: ping: refcount issue in ping_init_sock() function",
    "id" : "1086730",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1086730"
  },
  "cvss" : {
    "cvss_base_score" : "6.2",
    "cvss_scoring_vector" : "AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "details" : [ "Integer overflow in the ping_init_sock function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application that leverages an improperly managed reference counter.", "A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the ping_init_sock() function of the Linux kernel handled the group_info reference counter. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system." ],
  "statement" : "This issue does not affect Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "release_date" : "2014-07-29T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2014:0981",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6",
    "package" : "kernel-0:2.6.32-431.23.3.el6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Extended Update Support",
    "release_date" : "2014-08-27T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2014:1101",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:6.4",
    "package" : "kernel-0:2.6.32-358.48.1.el6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "release_date" : "2014-06-24T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2014:0786",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7",
    "package" : "kernel-0:3.10.0-123.4.2.el7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2",
    "release_date" : "2014-05-27T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2014:0557",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2:server:el6",
    "package" : "kernel-rt-0:3.10.33-rt32.34.el6rt"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2851\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2851" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2014-2851",
  "csaw" : false
}