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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-0553): libnl vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-0553): libnl vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/07/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/06/2017
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libnl-3-200

References

  • USN-3311-1
  • USN-3311-2
  • CVE-2017-0553
  • DLA-891-1
  • DLA-892-1

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