CVE-2012-2320

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-05-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

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.

Affected products

ConnMan: through 0.84; 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 (+77)

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=network/connman/connman.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b0ec6eb4466acc57a9ea8be52c17b674b6ea0618
http://git.kernel.org/?p=network/connman/connman.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=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

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