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CVSSv3

CVE-2012-6689

Published: 02/05/2016 Updated: 20/01/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 641
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Vulnerability Summary

The netlink_sendmsg function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel prior to 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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Ubuntu Security Notice: linux-ti-omap4 vulnerability
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References

CWE-284http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422925986&w=2http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/22/10https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107befhttp://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422125983&w=2http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107befhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.5https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848949http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72739https://nvd.nist.govhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/1599-1/
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