DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6689

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2012-6689
Downstream
DLA-246-1
Published: 02 May 2016, 10:59
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:08

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

02 May 2016, 10:59
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:08
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 3.6.4-1 | < 3.6.4-1 | < 3.6.4-1 | < 3.6.4-1

References (1)