CVE-2014-8160: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 5.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18 generates incorrect conntrack entries during handling of certain iptables rule sets for the SCTP, DCCP, GRE, and UDP-Lite protocols, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via packets with disallowed port numbers.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only; version 14.10 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: before 3.18 (fixed in 3.18)
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 13.1 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: version 6.5 only; version 6.6 only; version 7.3 only; version 7.6 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: version 6.5 only; version 6.6 only; version 7.3 only; version 7.4 only; version 7.5 only; version 7.6 only; …
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: version 6.5 only; version 6.6 only; version 7.6 only; version 7.7 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop: version 12 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension: version 11 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Server: version 11 only; version 12 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: version 12 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension: version 12 only

Published 2015-03-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.