CVE-2017-17448

Description (CNA)

net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.4 does not require the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for new, get, and del operations, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions because the nfnl_cthelper_list data structure is shared across all net namespaces.

Affected (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

• https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10089373/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-1/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4082
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-3/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3632-1/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3620-2/
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0654
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-2/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102117
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3620-1/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/

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