Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU7268

Integer overflow - CVE-2017-0553

Published: June 28, 2017 / Updated: June 30, 2017

Vulnerability identifier: #VU7268

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-0553

CWE-ID: CWE-190

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

An integer overflow vulnerability has been found in the nlmsg_reserve() function within libnl library before version 3.3.0. A local user can elevate his privilege son the system execute arbitrary code within the context of the Wi-Fi service.

Affected software

Arch Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Ubuntu
Fedora
libnl3

How to mitigate CVE-2017-0553

libnl3 - addressed in versions 3.2.28-5.fc24, 3.2.29-3.fc25

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