CVE-2017-0553
published 2017-04-07CVE-2017-0553: 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…
PriorityP433high7CVSS 3.0
AVLACHPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EPSS
1.96%
78.1th percentile
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.
Affected
19 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
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| debian | libnl3 | < libnl3 3.2.27-2 (bookworm) | libnl3 3.2.27-2 (bookworm) |
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CVSS provenance
nvdv3.07.0HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.6HIGHAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
osv7.0HIGH
vendor_debian7.0LOW
vendor_redhat7.0HIGH
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Ubuntu
libnl vulnerability
vendor_ubuntu·2017-06-19
CVE-2017-0553 libnl vulnerability
Title: libnl vulnerability
Summary: libnl could be made to run programs as an administrator.
USN-3311-1 fixed a vulnerability in libnl. This update provides the
corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that libnl incorrectly handled memory when performing
certain operations. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
libnl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary
code.
Instructions: After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
Ubuntu
libnl vulnerability
vendor_ubuntu·2017-06-06
CVE-2017-0553 libnl vulnerability
Title: libnl vulnerability
Summary: libnl could be made to crash or run programs.
It was discovered that libnl incorrectly handled memory when performing
certain operations. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
libnl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary
code.
Instructions: After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
Android
CVE-2017-0553: Android Security Bulletin 2017-04-01
CVE: CVE-2017-0553
Severity: MEDIUM
Affected AOSP versions: 5
vendor_android·2017-04-01·CVSS 7.0
CVE-2017-0553 [HIGH] CVE-2017-0553: Android Security Bulletin 2017-04-01
CVE: CVE-2017-0553
Severity: MEDIUM
Affected AOSP versions: 5
Android Security Bulletin 2017-04-01
CVE: CVE-2017-0553
Severity: MEDIUM
Affected AOSP versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1
References: A-32342065
Red Hat
libnl: Integer overflow in nlmsg_reserve()
vendor_redhat·2017-02-07·CVSS 7.0
CVE-2017-0553 [HIGH] CWE-190 libnl: Integer overflow in nlmsg_reserve()
libnl: Integer overflow in nlmsg_reserve()
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.
An integer overflow leading to a heap-buffer overflow was found in the libnl library. An attacker could use this flaw to cause an application compiled with libnl to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running such an application.
Package: libnl (Red Hat E
Debian
CVE-2017-0553: libnl3 - An elevation of privilege vulnerability in libnl could enable a local malicious ...
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 7.0
CVE-2017-0553 [HIGH] CVE-2017-0553: libnl3 - An elevation of privilege vulnerability in libnl could enable a local malicious ...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 3.2.27-2)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 3.2.27-2)
forky: resolved (fixed in 3.2.27-2)
sid: resolved (fixed in 3.2.27-2)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 3.2.27-2)
GHSA
GHSA-697f-p26c-wf65: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in libnl could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the Wi-Fi
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2017-0553 [HIGH] CWE-190 GHSA-697f-p26c-wf65: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in libnl could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the Wi-Fi
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.
OSV
CVE-2017-0553: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in libnl could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the Wi-Fi
osv·2017-04-07·CVSS 7.0
CVE-2017-0553 [HIGH] CVE-2017-0553: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in libnl could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the Wi-Fi
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-0553 libnl3: libnl: Integer overflow in nlmsg_reserve() [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2017-04-10·CVSS 7.0
CVE-2017-0553 [HIGH] CVE-2017-0553 libnl3: libnl: Integer overflow in nlmsg_reserve() [fedora-all]
CVE-2017-0553 libnl3: libnl: Integer overflow in nlmsg_reserve() [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported versions
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-0553 libnl: Integer overflow in nlmsg_reserve()
bugzilla·2017-04-10·CVSS 7.0
CVE-2017-0553 [HIGH] CVE-2017-0553 libnl: Integer overflow in nlmsg_reserve()
CVE-2017-0553 libnl: Integer overflow in nlmsg_reserve()
An integer overflow vulnerability was found in nlmsg_reserve() triggered by crafted @len argument resulting into reserving too few bytes.
Upstream patch:
http://git.infradead.org/users/tgr/libnl.git/commit/3e18948f17148e6a3c4255bdeaaf01ef6081ceeb
Discussion:
Created libnl3 tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1440789]
---
Analysis:
The commit messages raises a very important point about libnl:
"In general, libnl functions are not robust against calling with
invalid arguments. Thus, never call libnl functions with invalid
arguments. In case of nlmsg_reserve() this means never provide
a @len argument that causes overflow."
The function nlmsg_reserve() is called with a very large value of len, later when the
http://git.infradead.org/users/tgr/libnl.git/commit/3e18948f17148e6a3c4255bdeaaf01ef6081ceebhttp://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/libnl/2017-May/002313.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97340http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3311-2https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2299https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6VCF5KS6HOJZLFIY2ZSXSVSDQX65A2PU/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KIHASXRQO2YTQPKVP4VGIB2XHPANG6YX/https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3311-1/http://git.infradead.org/users/tgr/libnl.git/commit/3e18948f17148e6a3c4255bdeaaf01ef6081ceebhttp://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/libnl/2017-May/002313.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97340http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3311-2https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2299https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6VCF5KS6HOJZLFIY2ZSXSVSDQX65A2PU/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KIHASXRQO2YTQPKVP4VGIB2XHPANG6YX/https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3311-1/
2017-04-07
Published