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[ASA-201706-35] libnl: privilege escalation |
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Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201706-35
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Severity: Medium
Date : 2017-06-28
CVE-ID : CVE-2017-0553
Package : libnl
Type : privilege escalation
Remote : No
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-292
Summary
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The package libnl before version 3.3.0-1 is vulnerable to privilege
escalation.
Resolution
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Upgrade to 3.3.0-1.
# pacman -Syu "libnl>=3.3.0-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 3.3.0.
Workaround
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None.
Description
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An integer overflow vulnerability has been found in the nlmsg_reserve()
function of libnl < 3.3.0, allowing local privilege escalation.
Impact
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A local attacker is able to escalate privileges.
References
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http://git.infradead.org/users/tgr/libnl.git/commitdiff/3e18948f17148e6a3c4255bdeaaf01ef6081ceeb?hp=3dd2a0f26fa59896b4b4a262cf309a4be4aa70d3
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-0553
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