#VU44064 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in ConnMan - CVE-2012-2320
Published: May 19, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44064
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2320
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
ConnMan
ConnMan
Software vendor:
kernel.org
kernel.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
ConnMan before 0.85 does not ensure that netlink messages originate from the kernel, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and cause a denial of service via a crafted netlink message.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=network/connman/connman.git;a=commit;h=b0ec6eb4466acc57a9ea8be52c17b674b6ea0618
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=network/connman/connman.git;a=commit;h=c1b968984212b46bea1330f5ae029507b9bfded9
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49033
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49186
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201205-02.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/07/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/07/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/07/6
- http://www.osvdb.org/81704
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53406
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=715172
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75465