CVE-2012-6689
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6689
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2012-6689.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2012-6689
- Downstream
- Published
- 2016-05-02T10:59:03Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-10T03:43:15.039726Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The netlinksendmsg function in net/netlink/afnetlink.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.
- References
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- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107bef
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422125983&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422925986&w=2
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/22/10
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72739
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848949
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107bef
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422125983&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=134522422925986&w=2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/22/10
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=20e1db19db5d6b9e4e83021595eab0dc8f107bef
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848949
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72739