UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0553

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0553

    Published: 7 Apr 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-0553

    Summary:

    Details: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in libnl could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the Wi-Fi service. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process and is mitigated by current platform configurations. Product: Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1. Android ID: A-32342065. NOTE: this issue also exists in the upstream libnl before 3.3.0 library.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-0553, https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3311-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3311-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0553

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libnl3

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.2.21-1ubuntu4.1

    Affected versions

    3.2.16-0ubuntu1
    3.2.21-1
    3.2.21-1ubuntu1
    3.2.21-1ubuntu1.1
    3.2.21-1ubuntu3
    3.2.21-1ubuntu4

    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