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CVE-2017-0553 Detail

Current Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in libnl could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the Wi-Fi service. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process and is mitigated by current platform configurations. Product: Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1. Android ID: A-32342065. NOTE: this issue also exists in the upstream libnl before 3.3.0 library.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.infradead.org/users/tgr/libnl.git/commit/3e18948f17148e6a3c4255bdeaaf01ef6081ceeb
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/libnl/2017-May/002313.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97340 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3311-2
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2299
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6VCF5KS6HOJZLFIY2ZSXSVSDQX65A2PU/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KIHASXRQO2YTQPKVP4VGIB2XHPANG6YX/
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01 Vendor Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3311-1/

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-0553
NVD Published Date:
04/07/2017
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
Android (associated with Google Inc. or Open Handset Alliance)