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CVE-2017-12153
published 2017-09-21

CVE-2017-12153: 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…

PriorityP415medium4.4CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRHUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.47%
38.5th percentile
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

12 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
debiandebian_linux
debiandebian_linux
debianlinux< linux 4.12.13-1 (bookworm)linux 4.12.13-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux_kernel<= 4.13.3
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.12.13-14.12.13-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.12.13-14.12.13-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.12.13-14.12.13-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.12.13-14.12.13-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 3.13.0-142.1913.13.0-142.191
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.4.0-98.1214.4.0-98.121

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.04.4MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.9MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
vendor_debian4.4MEDIUM
vendor_redhat4.4MEDIUM
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