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CVE-2017-17449
medium
Description
The __netlink_deliver_tap_skb function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.4, when CONFIG_NLMON is enabled, does not restrict observations of Netlink messages to a single net namespace, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability to sniff an nlmon interface for all Netlink activity on the system.
References
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4082
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3657-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3653-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3653-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-04-01
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1170
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1130
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062