Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title libnl vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-3311-1 First vendor Publication 2017-06-06
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2017-06-06
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.6 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity High
Cvss Expoit Score 4.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 17.04 - Ubuntu 16.10 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

libnl could be made to crash or run programs.

Software Description: - libnl3: library for dealing with netlink sockets

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.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 17.04:
libnl-3-200 3.2.29-0ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 16.10:
libnl-3-200 3.2.27-1ubuntu0.16.10.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libnl-3-200 3.2.27-1ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libnl-3-200 3.2.21-1ubuntu4.1

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3311-1
CVE-2017-0553

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libnl3/3.2.29-0ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libnl3/3.2.27-1ubuntu0.16.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libnl3/3.2.27-1ubuntu0.16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libnl3/3.2.21-1ubuntu4.1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3311-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 11

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-09-08 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.
File : EulerOS_SA-2017-1161.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-09-08 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.
File : EulerOS_SA-2017-1162.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-09-08 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2017-1167.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-09-08 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2017-1168.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-09-01 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2017-876.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-25 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2017-2299.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-22 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20170801_NetworkManager_and_libnl3_on_SL7_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-10 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-2299.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-03 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2017-2299.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-06-20 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-3311-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-06-07 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-3311-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-05 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-7a5363b41d.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-04-24 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-34f6e70fdd.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-04-11 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-891.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-04-11 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-892.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2017-07-11 12:07:22
  • Multiple Updates
2017-06-21 13:23:53
  • Multiple Updates
2017-06-08 13:24:58
  • Multiple Updates
2017-06-06 21:23:12
  • First insertion