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mipv6-daemon: local users can spoof netlink socket communications

Published Jul 13, 2010

Description

The mipv6 daemon in UMIP 0.4 does not verify that netlink messages originated in the kernel, which allows local users to spoof netlink socket communication via a crafted unicast message.

Affected products

Remediation

Red Hat statement

The mipv6-daemon packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 are not vulnerable to this issue, as they contain a backported patch correcting this flaw.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jul 13, 2010
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jun 30, 2010
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date Oct 24, 2009