Buffer overflow in net/ceph/auth_x.c in Ceph, as used in the Linux kernel before 3.16.3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long unencrypted auth ticket.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6416
Reference (s):
- BID:69805
- URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69805
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c27a3e4d667fdcad3db7b104f75659478e0c68d8
- http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/8979
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.3