Improper Access Control Affecting perf package, versions <0:2.6.32-504.el6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-PERF-1485548
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed6 Feb 2015

Introduced: 6 Feb 2015

CVE-2012-6689  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 perf to version 0:2.6.32-504.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2014:1392.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf package and not the perf package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The netlink_sendmsg function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 does not validate the dst_pid field, which allows local users to have an unspecified impact by spoofing Netlink messages.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1