CVE-2012-3520
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 3, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jun 14, 2012
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.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- [oss-security] 20120822 CVE-2012-3520 kernel: af_netlink: invalid handling of SCM_CREDENTIALS passingmailing-list
- 55152vdb-entry
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1330vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e0e3cea46d31d23dc40df0a49a7a2c04fe8edfea
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e0e3cea46d31d23dc40df0a49a7a2c04fe8edfea
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- USN-1599-1vendor-advisory
- USN-1610-1vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0261vendor-advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.30
- 50848third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=850449
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