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.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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Amazon Linux 1 | kernel | 2012-09-10 17:56 | ALAS-2012-122 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |