UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6689

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6689

    Published: 31 Dec 2012Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-6689

    Summary:

    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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6689, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1610-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1599-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6689

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.11.0-12.19

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High