gsd-2012-6689
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:20
Details
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.
Aliases
Aliases
CVE-2012-6689


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      "lastModifiedDate": "2023-01-20T14:30Z",
      "publishedDate": "2016-05-02T10:59Z"
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}


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