CVE-2014-8119

Publication date 29 December 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The find_ifcfg_path function in netcf before 0.2.7 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving augeas path expressions.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
netcf	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.10 utopic	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release

Notes

tyhicks

AIUI, libaugeas needs to gain a new API function and netcf needs to use the new function

mdeslaur

vulnerable code is in the suse and redhat driver, which isn't used on debian and ubuntu

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
netcf	Upstream: ?id=bf3 Upstream: ?id=d81 Upstream: ?id=eae Upstream: ?id=2b4 Upstream: ?id=841 Upstream: ?id=628 Upstream: ?id=2b9 Upstream: ?id=3d9

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H