{ "CVE_data_meta" : { "ASSIGNER" : "cve@mitre.org", "ID" : "CVE-2014-8989", "STATE" : "PUBLIC" }, "affects" : { "vendor" : { "vendor_data" : [ { "product" : { "product_data" : [ { "product_name" : "n/a", "version" : { "version_data" : [ { "version_value" : "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name" : "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format" : "MITRE", "data_type" : "CVE", "data_version" : "4.0", "description" : { "description_data" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "The Linux kernel through 3.17.4 does not properly restrict dropping of supplemental group memberships in certain namespace scenarios, which allows local users to bypass intended file permissions by leveraging a POSIX ACL containing an entry for the group category that is more restrictive than the entry for the other category, aka a \"negative groups\" issue, related to kernel/groups.c, kernel/uid16.c, and kernel/user_namespace.c." } ] }, "problemtype" : { "problemtype_data" : [ { "description" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references" : { "reference_data" : [ { "name" : "[oss-security] 20141120 Re: Linux user namespaces can bypass group-based restrictions - Linux kernel", "refsource" : "MLIST", "url" : "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/4" }, { "name" : "http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.man/7385/", "refsource" : "CONFIRM", "url" : "http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.man/7385/" }, { "name" : "FEDORA-2015-0515", "refsource" : "FEDORA", "url" : "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147973.html" }, { "name" : "FEDORA-2015-0517", "refsource" : "FEDORA", "url" : "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147864.html" }, { "name" : "MDVSA-2015:058", "refsource" : "MANDRIVA", "url" : "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058" }, { "name" : "USN-2515-1", "refsource" : "UBUNTU", "url" : "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2515-1" }, { "name" : "USN-2516-1", "refsource" : "UBUNTU", "url" : "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2516-1" }, { "name" : "USN-2517-1", "refsource" : "UBUNTU", "url" : "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2517-1" }, { "name" : "USN-2518-1", "refsource" : "UBUNTU", "url" : "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2518-1" }, { "name" : "71154", "refsource" : "BID", "url" : "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71154" } ] } }