CVE - CVE-2012-6689

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-6689	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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BID:72739 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72739 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107bef CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.5 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848949 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107bef MLIST:[linux-kernel] 20120817 [PATCH 0/2] netlink patches URL:http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422125983&w=2 MLIST:[linux-kernel] 20120817 [PATCH 2/2] [RFC] netlink: fix possible spoofing from non-root processes URL:http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422925986&w=2 MLIST:[oss-security] 20150222 Re: libmnl: incorrect validation of netlink message origin allows attackers to spoof netlink messages URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/22/10
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20150227	Disclaimer: The record 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 (20150227)
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