CVE-2017-12153
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
4.4 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.1 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
26.9%
A security flaw was discovered in the nl80211_set_rekey_data() function in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.3. This function does not check whether the required attributes are present in a Netlink request. This request can be issued by a user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and may result in a NULL pointer dereference and system crash.
Affected configurations
References
seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/437
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981
www.securityfocus.com/bid/100855
bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058410
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1491046
git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/mac80211.git/commit/?id=e785fa0a164aa11001cba931367c7f94ffaff888
marc.info/?t=150525503100001&r=1&w=2
usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/
usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/
Related
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
4.4 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.1 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
26.9%