ghsa-w4w5-pfmx-65jc
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 03:46
Modified
2022-05-17 03:46
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

The netlink_sendmsg function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 does not validate the dst_pid field, which allows local users to have an unspecified impact by spoofing Netlink messages.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2012-6689"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-284"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-05-02T10:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "The netlink_sendmsg function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 does not validate the dst_pid field, which allows local users to have an unspecified impact by spoofing Netlink messages.",
  "id": "GHSA-w4w5-pfmx-65jc",
  "modified": "2022-05-17T03:46:32Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T03:46:32Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6689"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107bef"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848949"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107bef"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev\u0026m=134522422125983\u0026w=2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev\u0026m=134522422925986\u0026w=2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/22/10"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72739"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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