CVE-2014-3519

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-02-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

The open_by_handle_at function in vzkernel before 042stab090.5 in the OpenVZ modification for the Linux kernel 2.6.32, when using simfs, might allow local container users with CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH capability to bypass an intended container protection mechanism and access arbitrary files on a filesystem via vectors related to use of the file_handle structure.

Affected products

Openvz Vzkernel: 2.6.32

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/24/16
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68171
https://help.virtuozzo.com/customer/en/portal/articles/2522783-parallels-cloud-server-6-0-update-6-hotfix-8-6-0-6-2004-
https://help.virtuozzo.com/customer/en/portal/articles/2563842-cu-2-6-32-042stab090-5-parallels-virtuozzo-containers-4-7-core-update
https://help.virtuozzo.com/customer/en/portal/articles/2563843-cu-2-6-32-042stab090-5-parallels-server-bare-metal-5-0-core-update
https://openvz.org/Download/kernel/rhel6/042stab090.5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/24/16
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68171
https://help.virtuozzo.com/customer/en/portal/articles/2522783-parallels-cloud-server-6-0-update-6-hotfix-8-6-0-6-2004-
https://help.virtuozzo.com/customer/en/portal/articles/2563842-cu-2-6-32-042stab090-5-parallels-virtuozzo-containers-4-7-core-update
https://help.virtuozzo.com/customer/en/portal/articles/2563843-cu-2-6-32-042stab090-5-parallels-server-bare-metal-5-0-core-update
https://openvz.org/Download/kernel/rhel6/042stab090.5

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