CVE-2012-6689 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2012-6689 REJECTED

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.

EPSS 0.03% · 9.7th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.03%

9.7th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux-lts-vivid	0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux-lts-xenial	0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	linux-goldfish	0, 3.4.0-4.26, 3.4.0-4.24
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux-aws	0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	linux-snapdragon	0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	linux	0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux-lts-utopic	0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux	0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	linux-aws	0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux-lts-wily	0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	linux-raspi2	0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	linux-gke	0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	linux-hwe	0

Timeline

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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6689 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1610-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1599-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6689 third-party-advisory

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