CVE-2017-17449
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2018-07-30 | |
| Impact: | None | What is this? |
Description
The __netlink_deliver_tap_skb function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c inthe Linux kernel through 4.14.4, when CONFIG_NLMON is enabled, does not restrict observations of Netlink messages to a single net namespace, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability to sniff an nlmon interface for all Netlink activity on the system.
See more information about CVE-2017-17449 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 1.9 |
| Vector String: | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | None |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2018-4108 | 2018-05-15 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel) | ELSA-2018-1062 | 2018-04-16 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2018-4108 | 2018-05-15 |
| Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek) | OVMSA-2018-0043 | 2018-05-16 |
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