CVE - CVE-2012-3520

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-3520	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings
Description
The Netlink implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.2.30 does not properly handle messages that lack SCM_CREDENTIALS data, which might allow local users to spoof Netlink communication via a crafted message, as demonstrated by a message to (1) Avahi or (2) NetworkManager.
References
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MLIST:[oss-security] 20120822 CVE-2012-3520 kernel: af_netlink: invalid handling of SCM_CREDENTIALS passing URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/22/1 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e0e3cea46d31d23dc40df0a49a7a2c04fe8edfea CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.30 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=850449 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e0e3cea46d31d23dc40df0a49a7a2c04fe8edfea CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2012:1330 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00005.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2013:0261 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00018.html UBUNTU:USN-1610-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1610-1 UBUNTU:USN-1599-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1599-1 BID:55152 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55152 SECUNIA:50848 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/50848
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Date Entry Created
20120614	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE-ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20120614)
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