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{"acknowledgement": "Red Hat would like to thank Pablo Neira Ayuso for reporting this issue.", "affected_release": [{"advisory": "RHSA-2012:1491", "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2:server:el6", "package": "kernel-rt-0:3.2.33-rt50.66.el6rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2", "release_date": "2012-12-04T00:00:00Z"}], "bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: af_netlink: invalid handling of SCM_CREDENTIALS passing", "id": "850449", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=850449"}, "csaw": false, "cvss": {"cvss_base_score": "4.4", "cvss_scoring_vector": "AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P", "status": "verified"}, "details": ["The Netlink implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.2.30 does not properly handle messages that lack SCM_CREDENTIALS data, which might allow local users to spoof Netlink communication via a crafted message, as demonstrated by a message to (1) Avahi or (2) NetworkManager."], "name": "CVE-2012-3520", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}], "public_date": "2012-08-21T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3520\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3520"], "statement": "This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 as they did not backport the commit that introduced this issue. Future kernel updates for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 may address this issue.", "threat_severity": "Important"}