VDB
CVE-2012-6689
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% · 10.3th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.03%
10.3th 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 | 3.4.0-4.26, 3.4.0-4.24, 0 |
| 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 |
Exploit Intelligence
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.5 (circl)
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107bef (circl)
- [linux-kernel] 20120817 [PATCH 2/2] [RFC] netlink: fix possible spoofing from non-root processes (circl)
- 72739 (circl)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848949 (circl)
- [linux-kernel] 20120817 [PATCH 0/2] netlink patches (circl)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107bef (circl)
- [oss-security] 20150222 Re: libmnl: incorrect validation of netlink message origin allows attackers to spoof netlink messages (cve.org)
Timeline
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 17, 2023 EPSS Score
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