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CVE-2012-3520

Published: Oct 3, 2012

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

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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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

[oss-security] 20120822 CVE-2012-3520 kernel: af_netlink: invalid handling of SCM_CREDENTIALS passing

mailing-list

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vdb-entry

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openSUSE-SU-2012:1330

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e0e3cea46d31d23dc40df0a49a7a2c04fe8edfea

x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e0e3cea46d31d23dc40df0a49a7a2c04fe8edfea

x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

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vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

openSUSE-SU-2013:0261

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.30

x_refsource_CONFIRM

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=850449

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