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CVE-2014-1424

Publication date 24 November 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

apparmor_parser in the apparmor package before 2.8.95~2430-0ubuntu5.1 in Ubuntu 14.04 allows attackers to bypass AppArmor policies via unspecified vectors, related to a "miscompilation flaw."

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
apparmor 14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.8.95~2430-0ubuntu5.1
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

caused by incomplete backport in trusty

tyhicks

Ptrace, mount, and possibly other rule types are affected Issue was specific to Ubuntu. The final version of the patch that was committed upstream was not vulnerable.

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2413-1
    • AppArmor vulnerability
    • 20 November 2014

Other references