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CVE-2014-4608

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2014-06-26	LZO -- potential buffer overrun when processing malicious input data

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CVE-2014-4608 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2014-4608
Phase	Assigned(20140623)

Description

** DISPUTED ** Multiple integer overflows in the lzo1x_decompress_safe function in lib/lzo/lzo1x_decompress_safe.c in the LZO decompressor in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Literal Run. NOTE: the author of the LZO algorithms says "the Linux kernel is *not* affected; media hype."

References

Source	Reference
MLIST	[oss-security] 20140626 LMS-2014-06-16-2: Linux Kernel LZO
MISC	http://blog.securitymouse.com/2014/06/raising-lazarus-20-year-old-bug-that.html
MISC	http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo/
MISC	https://www.securitymouse.com/lms-2014-06-16-2
CONFIRM	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=206a81c18401c0cde6e579164f752c4b147324ce
CONFIRM	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.2
CONFIRM	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1113899
CONFIRM	https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/206a81c18401c0cde6e579164f752c4b147324ce
REDHAT	RHSA-2015:0062
SUSE	SUSE-SU-2015:0481
SUSE	openSUSE-SU-2015:0566
SUSE	SUSE-SU-2015:0736
UBUNTU	USN-2416-1
UBUNTU	USN-2419-1
UBUNTU	USN-2420-1
UBUNTU	USN-2421-1
UBUNTU	USN-2417-1
UBUNTU	USN-2418-1
BID	68214
SECUNIA	60011
SECUNIA	60174
SECUNIA	62633