CVE-2012-6689

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2012-6689
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-05-02T10:59:03
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-01-20T14:30:12
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-284 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/284.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.5.4
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422925986&w=2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/22/10
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107bef Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422125983&w=2
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107bef Vendor Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.5
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848949
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72739
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6689
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6689
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:06:30 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 09:16:01 2016-05-02T10:59Z 2016-05-02T10:59:03 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 09:16:01 2016-11-28T19:08:32 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 09:16:01 Undergoing Analysis Vulnerability Status updated
2023-01-20 15:05:20 2023-01-20T14:30:12 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-01-20 15:05:20 Undergoing Analysis Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated